Cities are mankind's greatest creation. They represent the most eloquent expression of our species' ingenuity, beliefs and ideals. From Babylon and Rome to London, New York and Tokyo, Joel Kotkin examines the evolution of urban life over the …
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Cities are mankind's greatest creation. They represent the most eloquent expression of our species' ingenuity, beliefs and ideals. From Babylon and Rome to London, New York and Tokyo, Joel Kotkin examines the evolution of urban life over the …
Cities of Tomorrow 3rd Edition Hall
Cities of Tomorrow is a critical history of planning in theory and practice in the twentieth century, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. A critical history of planning in theory and practice in …
City Reader R Legates & F Stout
Thethird edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best of publications on the city. It has been extensively updated to reflect the latest thinking on globalization, information technology and urban theory. Classic …
Light for Cities: Lighting Design for Urban Spaces. A Handbook Ulrike Brandi
The improvement of public lighting is an effective and economical way to enhance the attractiveness of urban downtown areas. Many cities in Germany and Europe have already recognized this fact and used master plans to create entirely new systems …
Contemporary Australian Landscape Design Elizabeth Mossop
Contemporary Australian Landscape Design explores the current trajectories of landscape design in Australia. It articulates the development of modern landscape design in Australia after the Second World War and the major themes of its ongoing …
The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History Spirof Kostof
Cities are among the most enduring and remarkable of human artefacts. This study explains how and why cities took the shape they did. Professor Kostof focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as diagram, the grand …
What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, …
With the publication of The Image of the City in 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon the process of exploring city form. Good City Form is both a summation and an extension of his vision, a high point from which he views cities past and possible. …
Cities have always been the crucible of culture and civilization and the hubs of wealth creation. But today they face enormous challenges. Over half the worlds population already lives in cities and the proportion is set to grow rapidly. …
Design and Landscape for People New Approches to Renewal Clare Cumberlidge and Lucy Musgrave
The new community planning: invaluable strategies for creative rebuilding and renovating from around the world. For many years planning was something done in the name of progress by distant committees with the abstract aim of tidying boundaries …
New City Life Gehl Gemzoe Kirknaes Sondergaard
This Book is based on the comprehensive and detailed study of the city life in Copenhagen over the past four decades, conducted by the Center for Public Space Research at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Drosscape Wasting Land in Urban America Alan Berger
Do you really know what is under that new house you just bought? How about what lies beneath the neighborhood playground? Was that 'big box??? retailer down your street built over a toxic site? These are just a few of the worrisome scenarios …
The late twentieth century was the age of economic globalization. The first part of the twenty-first century will be the age of the city, the urban age. For the first time in the history of humanity, more than half of the earth's population is …
City Gardens Creative Ideas for Small Spaces P Perdereau
Urban gardens are always a wonderful surprise amid the concrete and chaos of city life. Gardening in smaller spaces poses its own unique challenges and rewards, and 'City Gardens' is a complete do-it-yourself guide to starting or improving your …
The Writings of Walter Burley Griffin Dustin Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin (1876–1937) was a distinguished modernist American architect, landscape architect and town planner. His work attracted world-wide attention in 1912 when he won the international competition to design a new capital city for …
Edible Estates Attack on the Front Law Fritz Haeg
The Edible Estates project proposes the replacement of the domestic front lawn with a highly productive edible landscape. It was initiated by architect and artist Fritz Haeg on 4 July 2005, with the planting of the first regional prototype garden …
Vertical Garden From Nature to the City P Blanc
The secrets of plants that cling, grip, and climb, from the inventor of the vertical garden. Patrick Blanc, an artist with a green thumb, has created dozens of his admired botanical tapestries in public and private spaces around the world, …
Ultimate tropical Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
Here is the ultimate visual resource for the tropical lifestyle, presented via the depiction of an amazing richness of architectural styles – rustic and luxurious, simple and ornate, historic and contemporary. This inspiring collection focuses on …
The New Wealth Of Cities John Montgomery
Over the past two decades, city economies have restructured in response to the decline of older industries. This has involved new forms of planning and urban economic development, a return to traditional concerns of city building and a focus on …
Courtyards of modern Living Stephen Crafti
Gardens have changed significantly over the last couple of decades, and clever architects and designers know that incorporating an outdoor living space can improve a dwelling's aesthetic, not to mention its value. In the 1980s, manicured lawns …
Constructing Landscape Astrid Zimmermann
Constructing Landscape is a systematic introduction to technical and constructional open space planning, with all the relevant topics, from the most common materials and surfaces to the construction of open space elements and the use of plants. …
As more spaces turn into public areas and become increasingly complicated, people, more than ever, need to know where they are and where they are going. To bring clarity to this confusion, graphic design is crucial, but the design of wayfinding …
Berlin the first European UNESCO City of design, is Knowen for the dirversity of its design production the versatility of its actors and their innovativate spirit. This book is a cross-section through the best of berlin design the main part is …
Cities of the World Hogenberg Braun
Cities frozen in time: a snapshot of urban life, circa 1600 History's most opulent collection of town maps and illustrations The complete reprint of all 363 color plates from Braun and Hogenberg's survey of town maps, city views, and plans of …
Design Futuring Sustainability Ethics and New Practice Tony Fry
Design Futuring argues that ethical, political, social and ecological concerns now require a new type of practice which recognises design’s importance in overcoming a world made unsustainable. By using case studies in industrial design and …
Public Transportation Leading The Way Marc Worthman
Public Transportation: Leading the Way continues the success of the Public Transportation series. The first title, On the Move, looked at vehicles and systems. Leading the Way focuses on common areas and facilities. New bus and rail services, …
The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture Tim Waterman
The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture' provides an introduction to the key elements of this broad field. From climate change to sustainable communities, landscape architecture is at the forefront of today's most crucial issues. It serves as …
2G Dossier New LAtin American Landscape Architecture ed Monica Gill
Explores the relationship between landscape and architecture, demonstrating the interaction between the two disciplines. The selection includes buildings that impose themselves onto the landscape and projects that support, contain and interact …
Bamboo Fences provides a detailed look at the complex art of bamboo fence design and presents these unique structures in more than 250 photographs and line drawings. Author Isao Yoshikawa gives a brief overview of the history of bamboo fence …