Urban design reader / edited by Matthew Carmona and Steve Tiesdell

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford Univ. Press: Architectural Press, 2007.Description: vii, 375 pISBN:

978075665315

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DDC classification:

711.4 URB

Contents:

1. 'Places' matter most / F. Tibbalds -- 2. Ambiguities of urban design / A. Madanipour -- 3. Urban environments as visual art or as social settings? : a review / R. K. Jarvis -- 4. An integrative theory of urban design / E. Sternberg -- 5. Postmodern urban form / A. Loukaitou-Sideris and T. Banerjee -- 6. A procedural explanation for contemporary urban design / R. Varkki George -- 7. What is lost space? / R. Trancik -- 8. The grid as generator / L. Martin -- 9. Typology : an architecture of limits / D. Kelbaugh -- 10. On the identity of places / E. Relph -- 11. Reconsidering the image of the city / K. Lynch -- 12. The social production of the built environment : architects, architecture and the post-modern city / P. L. Knox -- 13. Invented places / J. Sircus -- 14. Learning from Disney World / S. Zukin -- 15. Three types of outdoor activities; outdoor activities and quality of outdoor space / J. Gehl -- 16. The uses of sidewalks : safety / J. Jacobs -- 17. The future of public space : beyond invented streets and reinvented places / T. Banerjee -- 18. The character of third places / R. Oldenburg -- 19. The rise of the private city / P. Goldberger -- 20. Townscape : introduction / G. Cullen -- 21. Path-portal-place / E. White -- 22. What makes a good building? / S. Cantacuzino / The Royal Fine Art Commission -- 23. A report from the front / P. Buchanan -- 24. Functionalism / J. Lang -- 25. The life of plazas / W. H. Whyte -- 26. Needs in public space / S. Carr, M. Francis, L. G. Rivlin and A. M. Stone -- 27. Understanding transactions / R. MacCormac -- 28. Cities as movement economies / B. Hillier -- 29. Images in motion / P. Bosselmann -- 30. The presence of the past / K. Lynch -- 31. Shearing layers / S. Brand -- 32. The built environment / P. Knox and P. Ozolins -- 33. The politics of urban design / S. McGlynn and P. Murrain -- 34. Heroes and servants, markets and battlefields / I. Bentley -- 35. Private-property decision makers and the quality of urban design / A. Rowley -- 36. The debate on design review / B. Case Scheer -- 37. The inner city / A. Duany, E. Plater-Zyberk and J. Speck.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 URB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 1	Available	009542
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 URB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 2	Available	009543
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 URB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 3	Available	001892

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1. 'Places' matter most / F. Tibbalds --
2. Ambiguities of urban design / A. Madanipour --
3. Urban environments as visual art or as social settings? : a review / R. K. Jarvis --
4. An integrative theory of urban design / E. Sternberg --
5. Postmodern urban form / A. Loukaitou-Sideris and T. Banerjee --
6. A procedural explanation for contemporary urban design / R. Varkki George --
7. What is lost space? / R. Trancik --
8. The grid as generator / L. Martin --
9. Typology : an architecture of limits / D. Kelbaugh --
10. On the identity of places / E. Relph --
11. Reconsidering the image of the city / K. Lynch --
12. The social production of the built environment : architects, architecture and the post-modern city / P. L. Knox --
13. Invented places / J. Sircus --
14. Learning from Disney World / S. Zukin --
15. Three types of outdoor activities; outdoor activities and quality of outdoor space / J. Gehl --
16. The uses of sidewalks : safety / J. Jacobs --
17. The future of public space : beyond invented streets and reinvented places / T. Banerjee --
18. The character of third places / R. Oldenburg --
19. The rise of the private city / P. Goldberger --
20. Townscape : introduction / G. Cullen --
21. Path-portal-place / E. White --
22. What makes a good building? / S. Cantacuzino / The Royal Fine Art Commission --
23. A report from the front / P. Buchanan --
24. Functionalism / J. Lang --
25. The life of plazas / W. H. Whyte --
26. Needs in public space / S. Carr, M. Francis, L. G. Rivlin and A. M. Stone --
27. Understanding transactions / R. MacCormac --
28. Cities as movement economies / B. Hillier --
29. Images in motion / P. Bosselmann --
30. The presence of the past / K. Lynch --
31. Shearing layers / S. Brand --
32. The built environment / P. Knox and P. Ozolins --
33. The politics of urban design / S. McGlynn and P. Murrain --
34. Heroes and servants, markets and battlefields / I. Bentley --
35. Private-property decision makers and the quality of urban design / A. Rowley --
36. The debate on design review / B. Case Scheer --
37. The inner city / A. Duany, E. Plater-Zyberk and J. Speck.

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