Urban design [[electronic resource] /] / Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders, editors

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 pages)
• Disciplina: 307.76; 711.4
• Soggetto topico: City planning; Architectural design
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KriegerAlex <1951-> SaundersWilliam S
• Note generali: "Most of the essays published here previously appeared in Harvard design magazine, Harvard University Graduate School of Design".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents: Introduction: An urban frame of mind / Alex Krieger -- ; Origins of an urban design sensibility: The first urban conference : extracts -- The emergence of urban design in the breakup of CIAM / Eric Mumford -- The elusiveness of urban design : the perpetual problem of definition and role / Richard Marshall -- ; Perspectives on a half-century of urban design practice: Urban design at fifty : a personal view / Denise Scott Brown -- Fragmentation and friction as urban threats : the post-1956 city / Fumihiko Maki -- The way we were, the way we are : the theory and practice of designing cities since 1965 / Jonathan Barnett -- ; Territories of urban design practice: Where and how does urban design happen? / Alex Krieger -- Defining the urbanistic project : ten contemporary approaches / Joan Busquets -- Beyond centers, fabrics, and cultures of congestion : urban design as a metropolitan enterprise / Richard Sommer -- ; Debates about mandates and purpose: The end(s) of urban design / Michael Sorkin -- Bad parenting / Emily Talen -- Facts on the ground : urbanism from Midroad to Ditch / Michelle Provoost and Wouter Vanstiphout -- ; Expanding roles and disciplinary boundaries: A third way for urban design / Kenneth Greenberg -- Urban design after Battery Park City : opportunities for variety and vitality / Timothy Love -- The other '56 / Charles Waldheim -- Democracy takes command : new community planning and the challenge to urban design / John Kaliski -- ; Challenges for the unprecedented phenomena of our new century: Designing the postmetropolis / Edward W. Soja -- Unforeseen urban worlds : post-1956 phenomena / Peter G. Rowe -- Urban design looking forward / Marilyn Jordan Taylor -- Urban design now : a discussion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Summary: Fifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct architectural and planning practice. Today, with the world's urban population surpassing three billion people, urban design has become more crucial than ever. Indeed, the concerns that initially brought leading architects and city planners together-including concerns over sprawl, pollution, and aging infrastructure-have only intensified over the past half century. In Urban Design, Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders have assembled prominent figures in architecture, planning, and landscape design
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban design
• ISBN: 0-8166-6647-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454070203321
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