Touching the city : thoughts on urban scale / / Timothy Makower ; Tessa Allen, production editor ; Calver Lezama, assistant editor
| Touching the city : thoughts on urban scale / / Timothy Makower ; Tessa Allen, production editor ; Calver Lezama, assistant editor |
| Autore | Makower Timothy |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76 |
| Collana | AD Primers |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns
Architecture - Details |
| ISBN |
1-118-73769-5
1-118-94769-X 1-118-73758-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Zooming In; Under the Table; Intermediary Scale; To Connect or Dis-connect; References; Chapter 1 On Scale and Size; Detroit; Centredness; Motor City; Definitions; The American Dream; After the Boom; Moving Out; Today and Tomorrow; References; Chapter 2 On Scale and Movement; Paris 1925; Absolutes and Relativities; The Car: A Deceptive Measure; The Train: Recalibrating the City; Bikes and Neighbourhoods; Walkable City - Msheireb, Doha; Air and Ether; References; Chapter 3 On Scale and Edges; Far Too Far
City CarvedLiquid Space; Stitching the City; At Home in the City; Outdoor Rooms; References; Chapter 4 On Scale and Grain; Jigsaws and Patchworks; New Order and the Dangers of Repetition; On Fine and Coarse Grain; Urban Jazz; On Grain and Directionality; History Speeded Up; On Patina; References; Chapter 5 On Scale and Form; On Footprint; Responsive Form; Grandeur and Intimacy; Blow Up; Two Big Domes; On Drawing; References; Chapter 6 On Scale, Skeletons and Surface; Skin and Bones; The Unité d'Habitation; Le Modulor; Geometry and Proportion; The Grand Order; Micro-Order; References Chapter 7 On Scale and DetailWithin the Thickness of the Wall; Montepulciano and Todi: Muscle or Frill; Venice, Rome and Doha; Like Nature; References; Conclusion; From Nature; All Change; Reprise; Epilogue; References; Select Bibliography; Index; Picture Credits; EULA |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140502403321 |
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Touching the city : thoughts on urban scale / / Timothy Makower ; Tessa Allen, production editor ; Calver Lezama, assistant editor
| Touching the city : thoughts on urban scale / / Timothy Makower ; Tessa Allen, production editor ; Calver Lezama, assistant editor |
| Autore | Makower Timothy |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.76 |
| Collana | AD Primers |
| Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns
Architecture - Details |
| ISBN |
1-118-73769-5
1-118-94769-X 1-118-73758-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Zooming In; Under the Table; Intermediary Scale; To Connect or Dis-connect; References; Chapter 1 On Scale and Size; Detroit; Centredness; Motor City; Definitions; The American Dream; After the Boom; Moving Out; Today and Tomorrow; References; Chapter 2 On Scale and Movement; Paris 1925; Absolutes and Relativities; The Car: A Deceptive Measure; The Train: Recalibrating the City; Bikes and Neighbourhoods; Walkable City - Msheireb, Doha; Air and Ether; References; Chapter 3 On Scale and Edges; Far Too Far
City CarvedLiquid Space; Stitching the City; At Home in the City; Outdoor Rooms; References; Chapter 4 On Scale and Grain; Jigsaws and Patchworks; New Order and the Dangers of Repetition; On Fine and Coarse Grain; Urban Jazz; On Grain and Directionality; History Speeded Up; On Patina; References; Chapter 5 On Scale and Form; On Footprint; Responsive Form; Grandeur and Intimacy; Blow Up; Two Big Domes; On Drawing; References; Chapter 6 On Scale, Skeletons and Surface; Skin and Bones; The Unité d'Habitation; Le Modulor; Geometry and Proportion; The Grand Order; Micro-Order; References Chapter 7 On Scale and DetailWithin the Thickness of the Wall; Montepulciano and Todi: Muscle or Frill; Venice, Rome and Doha; Like Nature; References; Conclusion; From Nature; All Change; Reprise; Epilogue; References; Select Bibliography; Index; Picture Credits; EULA |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814994903321 |
Makower Timothy
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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