Format:
Online-Ressource (xix, 368 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780816656394
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081665638X
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9780816656387
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0816656398
Uniform Title:
Harvard design magazine.
Content:
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
Note:
"Most of the essays published here previously appeared in Harvard design magazine, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Introduction: An Urban Frame of Mind; Origins of an Urban Design Sensibility; Perspectives on a Half-Century of Urban Design Practice; Territories of Urban Design Practice; Debates about Mandates and Purpose; Expanding Roles and Disciplinary Boundaries; Challenges for the Unprecedented Phenomena of Our New Century; Contributors; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816656387
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Urban Design
Language:
English
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