From Paris and Beijing to Washington and Brasilia: The Grand Design of Capital Cities and the Early Plans for Quezon City

• Main Author: Boquet, Yves; Université
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol64/iss1/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4119/viewcontent/6256.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Political leaders have always sought to build monumental capitals, with earlier designs influencing those of later cities. The Western design that revolved around a central axis of power became evident in some Asian capitals, although cities in the Chinese cultural realm differed in shape but noneth...