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317:, including regional, city, community planning and dwelling design. The term was coined by Doxiadis in 1942 and a major incentive for the development of the science is the emergence of increasingly large and complex settlements, tending to regional conurbations and even to a worldwide city. However, ekistics attempts to encompass all scales of human habitation and seeks to learn from the archaeological and historical record by looking not only at great cities, but, as much as possible, at the total settlement pattern. 398: 415:. Designed as a new city it was fully realised, unlike many of his other proposals in already existing cities, where shifting political and economic forces did not allow full implementation of his plans. The plan for Islamabad, separates cars and people, allows easy and affordable access to public transport and utilities and permits low cost gradual expansion and growth without losing the human scale of his "communities". 36: 826: 434: 840: 350:
magazine, his company Doxiadis Associates was implementing large projects in housing, urban and regional development in more than 40 countries, his Computer Centre (UNIVAC-DACC) was at the cutting edge of the computer technology of his time and at his annual "Delos Symposium" the World Society of
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In Greece, he faced persistent suspicion and opposition and his recommendations were largely ignored. Having won two large contracts (National Regional Plan for Greece and Master Plan for Athens) from the
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In Riyadh, Doxiadis reoriented the city on a southwest-northeast axis, rendering "the planned city... similar to an immense mosque facing Mecca." His work was also part of the
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he was criticised by competitors, after its fall in 1974, portrayed as a friend of the colonels. His visions for Athens airport to be constructed on the adjacent island of
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In the 1960s and 1970s, urban planner and architect Constantinos Doxiadis authored books, studies, and reports including those regarding the growth potential of the
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His influence had already diminished at his death in 1975, as he was unable to speak for the last two years of his life, a victim of
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From Doxiadis' Theory to Pikionis' Work: Reflections of Antiquity in Modern Architecture
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Order of the Cedar of Lebanon, for his contribution to the development of Lebanon (1958)
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An arieal view of a portion of Islamabad whose planning Doxiadis was involved with.
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Cali de Oro (Mexican Gold Medal) Award of the Society of Mexican Architects (1963)
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words έν ("in") and τόπος ("place"). He quoted "What human beings need is not
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Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize of the International Union of Architects (1963)
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Emergence and Growth of an Urban Region: The Developing Urban Detroit Area
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Doxiadis, Constantinos A. (1968). "Man's Movement and His City".
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Ekistics: An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements
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Constantinos A. Doxiadis: Texts, Design Drawings, Settlements
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Ekistics: An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements
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Ekistics attracted the worlds foremost thinkers and experts.
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for his contribution to the development of Greece (1960)
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Amygdalou, K., Kritikos, C. G., Tsiambaos, K. (2018).
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Doxiadis, Constantinos A. (1967). "On Linear Cities".
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Doxiadis, Constantinos A.; Papaioannou, J.G. (1974).
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Order of the Yugoslav Flag with Golden Wreath (1966)
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Joyriding in Riyadh: Oil, Urbanism, and Road Revolt
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Athens: Hellenic Institute of Architecture. 411:One of his best-known town planning works is 8: 808:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 148:Doxiadis teaching the principles of ekistics 796:The Future as a Project: Doxiadis in Skopje 523:His awards and decorations are as follows: 251:Teacher–Student Centre, University of Dhaka 1152:Knights of the National Order of the Cedar 890:[konstanˈdinosapoˈstoluðoksiˈaðis] 679:"Islamabad, the creation of a new capital" 377:Works about Doxiadis have appeared in the 142: 131: 996:, Doxiadis.org. Retrieved August 2, 2016. 974:"Cities: Capital for the New Megalopolis" 949:Doxiadis, Constantinos Apostolos (1968). 636:Anthropopolis: City for Human Development 611:. Chicago: Public Administration Service. 120:Learn how and when to remove this message 451:(exhibit, San Francisco City Hall, 1945) 1192:Olympic competitors in art competitions 910: 870: 556:Industrial Designers Society of America 801: 297:. 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