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The career of Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930) is arguably one of the most impressive of all late-Victorian and Edwardian architects. Living in an important era in British social, political and cultural history, Webb's career and rise to prominence paralleled one of the most exciting and transitional periods in the history of British architecture, with his course reaching its peak by achieving the rank of Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President, the President of the Royal Academy (RA) and RIBA Town Planning Chairman. Renowned architectural historian Alastair Service (1977 and 1979) for instance, noted that regardless of the architectural ideals of the period the greatest practice in terms of the sheer volume of work or money earned was that of Webb's, yet history has largely ignored Webb's importance partly due to his designs lacking the stylistic creativity of many of his generation. This proposed paper therefore will thus rectify this situation through highlighting Webb's largest work, the Queen Victoria Memorial Scheme (1901-12) –a monumental undertaking on a par with contemporary American City Beautiful projects, which with the London County Council's Kingsway- Aldwych plan 'Hausmannised' the metropolis. By this means the work will also demonstrate how Webb was not merely an architect of unappreciated ability, a designer who arguably more than any other of his time helped define British civic design and town planning in practice prior to the onset of World War One in 1914. ; La carrera de Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930) es posiblemente una de las más impresionantes de todos los arquitectos tardovictorianos y de la época eduardiana. En una importante época de la sociedad, la política y la historia británicas, la carrera de Webb y su salto a la fama anduvieron paralelos a uno de los períodos más excitantes en la historia de la arquitectura británica, alcanzando su pico de protagonismo cuando le concedieron el rango de Presidente del Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), el de Presidente de la Royal Academy (RA) y el de Presidente de Town Planning de la RIBA. El célebre historiador de arquitectura Alastair Service, por ejemplo, apuntó que, a pesar de los ideales arquitectónicos del período, el mayor arquitecto en términos de volumen total de trabajo o de dinero ganado fue Webb, aunque la historia haya ignorado casi absolutamente su importancia, debido en parte a que sus proyectos carecían de la creatividad estilística que poseían muchos de sus coetáneos. Es por ello que en este artículo se intenta rectificar esta situación, subrayando la importancia del trabajo más grande de Webb, el proyecto del Queen Victoria Memorial (1901-1912) –una empresa monumental a la misma altura que los proyectos American City Beautiful, que junto al plan London County Council's Kingsway-Aldwych "haussmanizaron" la metrópolis. De este modo, este trabajo también demostrará que Webb no era simplemente un arquitecto de incomparables aptitudes, sino que posiblemente fue el diseñador que más ayudó en este período a definir el diseño cívico y la planificación urbana británicas de un modo práctico, antes del comienzo de la Primera Guerra Mundial en 1914.

"Remodelling to Prepare for Independence: The Philippine Commonwealth, Decolonisation, Cities and Public Works, c. 1935-46 illuminates the implications of the USA's final phase of colonial rule in the Philippine Islands. It explores the Filipino side of decolonisation and the management of the built environment in the years immediately prior to self-rule. This book shakes off the collaboration vs. resistance paradigm that empire histories generally follow and consequently yields an original vantage point to comprehend transition within an Asian society in the years immediately prior to, during, and after World War Two. This will not only deepen insight of the American Empire, but also grants the opportunity to tie Philippine political-cultural change to the global history of urban planning's advancement. Accordingly, it opens a new window to rethink Filipino ethno-history and societal evolution, alongside the opportunity to compare the Philippines with other nations that undertook planning projects as part of their decolonisation process and early-postcolonial advancement. The book utilises theoretical frames in order to help creatively excavate the era 1935-46 for the purpose of not just revealing what public works occurred, but to also uncover what those projects meant to the Commonwealth Government, the BPW's staff, and the public who benefitted from public works projects. The book will be relevant to students and researchers of Urban History, Asian and American (Empire) History, and Imperial and Colonial Studies. Architects, planners, and members of the public who are interested in the form and meaning of urban environments designed/constructed in the past will also find the publication to be of great interest"--

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Modernity, Nationhood, and Philippine Cities -- Chapter 2. Spanish Colonialism, American Imperialism, and the Philippines -- Chapter 3. The City Beautiful and the Modern Philippine Capital City -- Chapter 4. Baguio: The United States' City Beautiful in the Philippine Uplands -- Chapter 5. Regional Capital Plans and Provincial Civic Centers -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

The Treaty of Paris in 1898 initiated America's administration of the Philippines. By 1905, Manila had been replanned and the city of Baguio built as expressions of colonial sovereignty and as symbols of a society disassociating itself from its hitherto "uncivilized" existence. Against this historical backdrop, Ian Morley undertook a thorough investigation to elucidate the meaning of modern American city planning in the Philippines and examine its dissemination throughout the archipelago with respect to colonial governmental ideals, social advancement, and the shaping of national identity. By focusing on the forces of the early years of American colonial rule, Cities and Nationhood offers a historical paradigm that not only re-grounds our grasp of Philippine cities, but also illuminates complex national identity movements and city design practices that were evident elsewhere during the early 1900s. Cities and Nationhood places the design of Philippine cities within a framework of America's distinct religious and racial identity, colonial politics, and local cultural expansion. In doing so, it expands knowledge about city planning--its influence and role--within national development by providing valuable insights into the nature of Philippine society during an era when America felt morally compelled to enact progressive civilization by instruction and example. Producing a new understanding of the role of America's colonial mission, the City Beautiful modern of urban design and Philippine cities, and the inclusions and exclusions designed into their built forms, the author addresses two fundamental intellectual matters. First, the work recontextualizes the planning history of Philippine cities. Analysis of the ideals of nationalism and civility at a key period in Philippine history shifts scholarship on the plans of Philippine cities. Second, the book offers an example of how studies of city design can profitably embrace additional geographical, cultural, and chronological territories in order to rethink the abstract and tangible meaning of arranging urban places after major governmental changes and identity transitions have occurred

The Treaty of Paris in 1898 initiated America's administration of the Philippines. By 1905, Manila had been replanned and the city of Baguio built as expressions of colonial sovereignty and as symbols of a society disassociating itself from its hitherto "uncivilized" existence. Against this historical backdrop, Ian Morley undertook a thorough investigation to elucidate the meaning of modern American city planning in the Philippines and examine its dissemination throughout the archipelago with respect to colonial governmental ideals, social advancement, and the shaping of national identity. By focusing on the forces of the early years of American colonial rule, Cities and Nationhood offers a historical paradigm that not only re-grounds our grasp of Philippine cities, but also illuminates complex national identity movements and city design practices that were evident elsewhere during the early 1900s.Cities and Nationhood places the design of Philippine cities within a framework of America's distinct religious and racial identity, colonial politics, and local cultural expansion. In doing so, it expands knowledge about city planning—its influence and role—within national development by providing valuable insights into the nature of Philippine society during an era when America felt morally compelled to enact progressive civilization by instruction and example. Producing a new understanding of the role of America's colonial mission, the City Beautiful modern of urban design and Philippine cities, and the inclusions and exclusions designed into their built forms, the author addresses two fundamental intellectual matters. First, the work recontextualizes the planning history of Philippine cities. Analysis of the ideals of nationalism and civility at a key period in Philippine history shifts scholarship on the plans of Philippine cities. Second, the book offers an example of how studies of city design can profitably embrace additional geographical, cultural, and chronological territories in order to rethink the abstract and tangible meaning of arranging urban places after major governmental changes and identity transitions have occurred.

This book considers the place and value of knowledge in contemporary society. "Knowledge" is not a self-evident concept: both its denotations and connotations are historically situated. Since the Enlightenment, knowledge has been a matter of discovery through effort, and "knowledge for its own sake" a taken-for-granted ideal underwriting progressive education as a process which not only taught "for" and "about" something, but also ennobled the soul. While this ideal has not been explicitly rejected, in recent decades there has been a tacit move away from a strong emphasis on its centrality, ev

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to See an Empire -- Joseph R. Hartman -- Part I -- Bone Machine -- Mapping and Murder in America's Insular Empire -- One -- Map-Mindedness in the Age of Empire -- The Role of Maps in Shaping US Imperial Interests in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, 1898-1904 -- Bonnie M. Miller -- Two -- Military Cartography and the Terrains of Visibility -- The Field Books of Lt. William H. Armstrong, Puerto Rico, 1908-1912 -- Lanny Thompson -- Three -- With a Skull in Each Hand -- Boneyard Photography in the American Empire after 1898 -- Krystle Stricklin -- Four -- Sustained Constraint -- Locating Corporeal Control through Archived Images of the Breath in the Philippines after 1898 -- Alejandro T. Acierto -- Part II -- Making Our Empire Beautiful -- Archipelagos of Whiteness after 1898 -- Five -- Architecture, Domestic Space, and the Imperial Gaze in the Puerto Rico Chapters of Our Islands and Their People (1899) -- Paul B. Niell -- Six -- The Kilohana Art League -- The Aesthetics of Annexation, 1894-1913 -- Stacy L. Kamehiro -- Seven -- The 1905 Report on Proposed Improvements at Manila by Daniel Burnham -- The American Imperium in Textual and Urban Design Form -- Ian Morley -- Eight -- Manufacturing American Imperial Landscapes in the Tropics -- Baguio and Balboa -- Christopher Vernon -- Part III -- Negotiating Paradise -- Design, Environment, and Identity in the Modern Era -- Nine -- Havana's Early Modern Hotels -- Accommodating Colonialism, Independence, and Imperialism -- Erica Morawski -- Ten -- Forest Formats -- Photography, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean Forester -- Chris Balaschak -- Eleven -- Making Islands Beautiful (Again?) -- Rhetorics of Neoclassicism in the US Insular Empire -- Joseph R. Hartman -- Part IV -- War, Resistance, and Spatial Experience in the Pacific -- Twelve.