Towards a new Urban Renaissance

The publication of this issue -dedicated to Towards a New Urban Renaissance and realized with the support of Regione Lazio- belongs to the new series of the A&C INTERNATIONALjourna1 of architecture and urbanism. It is intended to be a new tool to develop and extend the cultural direction chosen by the "A Vision of Europe" Committee since 1992, a direction which promotes an architecture of the urban space, original and authentic depending on context and time, with deep connections to history and the civic society. The main goal of this new series of Documents is to publish projects and built works as well as planning experiences, diffe-rent ideas and theories