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...their history of the Mediterranean, “The Corrupting Sea,” Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell wondered what they might find “when the town is dissolved as a category and the full range of Mediterranean settlement is approached from an ecological standpoint and viewed in its en-tirety.” In the same way, demographers and statisticians have quarreled for centuries about what exactly determines an “urban” area. Cities, although useful imaginary totalities, are less helpful when asked to support good social science or political policy...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Greater Metropolitanism | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

Small homes make sense not just for the frugal or displaced but also for single city dwellers like students or business travelers. In Germany six students at the Technical University of Munich spent a year living on campus in cube-shaped Micro Compact Homes, designed by British architect Richard Horden. Measuring about 74 sq. ft. and selling for $95,000, the houses are modeled after a Japanese teahouse, with a sunken eating space and a bed that folds up against a wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shrinking Down the House | 8/14/2006 | See Source »

Schumann's Kreiseleriania, Music in G by Hugo Horden, and Odeur (lamar) by Thomas Orowan; Thomas Orowan, pianist; Mather Dining Hall...

Author: By Joseph Straus, | Title: MUSIC | 2/20/1975 | See Source »

...Otto Horden, accused of sabotage in the Bochum district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Hand Descends | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

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