Books by Henriette Steiner

A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center.

During Denmark's 'Golden Age' (c. 1800 to 1850), Copenhagen came into being as a modern city on the urban-cultural level. This book examines this period in the city's history,just before the establishment of some of the main features of the modernisation of cities associated with industrialisation, such as street lighting, sewer systems.

These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York.