Constructing Copenhagen in a time of economic downturn: Reevaluating 1990s postmodernist urban development before the city became “livable”

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Constructing Copenhagen in a time of economic downturn : Reevaluating 1990s postmodernist urban development before the city became “livable”. / Steiner, Henriette.

I: Architecture and Culture, Bind 10, Nr. 1, 2022, s. 76-95.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Steiner, H 2022, 'Constructing Copenhagen in a time of economic downturn: Reevaluating 1990s postmodernist urban development before the city became “livable”', Architecture and Culture, bind 10, nr. 1, s. 76-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2021.2020966

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Steiner, H. (2022). Constructing Copenhagen in a time of economic downturn: Reevaluating 1990s postmodernist urban development before the city became “livable”. Architecture and Culture, 10(1), 76-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2021.2020966

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Steiner H. Constructing Copenhagen in a time of economic downturn: Reevaluating 1990s postmodernist urban development before the city became “livable”. Architecture and Culture. 2022;10(1):76-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2021.2020966

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Steiner, Henriette. / Constructing Copenhagen in a time of economic downturn : Reevaluating 1990s postmodernist urban development before the city became “livable”. I: Architecture and Culture. 2022 ; Bind 10, Nr. 1. s. 76-95.

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