Kenneth Allinson, "Architects and Architecture of London"

Kenneth Allinson, "Architects and Architecture of London"
Publisher: Architectural Press | ISBN: 0750683376 | edition 2008 | PDF | 447 pages | 32.5 mb

The guide explains why London is the way it is. It helps you link the historical and contemporary into a single pattern of significant places, spaces and buildings. It highlights old and new as a lively and vibrant pattern of on-going creative activity rooted in established urban patterns. It names the most famous and creative architects and describes their most notable buildings that you can visit and experience.
Above all, the guide makes London, its buildings, place, and spaces both meaningful and a joy to explore. London's greatest architects come alive as figures who still have something to say. And the works of its contemporary architects are seen to fit into a long established framework that is the underlying life and soul of a great city.
You can read about the role of the City and the West End, and the relationships between their ceremonial landmarks such as Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral. Find out how the Foster 'Gherkin' fits into a London-wide pattern of viewing corridors, the significance of the City's recent expansion and leap into Docklands at Canary Wharf. Discover the works of London's historic and contemporary architects, where you can find their buildings and how each one fits into the architectural geography of the city as a whole.
What the press said about Ken Allinson's London's Contemporary Architecture: An Explorer's Guide:
'Highly recommended . . . the book is crammed with maps and colour pictures with clear explanations about the design of the buildings.'
Evening Standard
'The perfect accompaniment to a walk around the capital.'
Homes and Gardens

* Links London's urban form to individual buildings to individual architects as 'local' heroes
* Easy to use guide in clear map based format
* Full colour throughout

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You Have to Pay for the Public Life - Selected Essays of Charles W Moore

You Have to Pay for the Public Life - Selected Essays of Charles W Moore

By Charles W. Moore
Publisher: The MIT Press
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2001-04-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0262133733
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780262133739

Book Description:
Architect Charles Moore (1925-1993) was not only celebrated
for his designs; he was also an admired writer and teacher.
Though he wrote clearly and passionately about places, he was
perhaps unique in avoiding the tone and stance of the personal
manifesto. Through his buildings, books, and travels, Moore
consistently sought insights into the questions that always
underlie architecture and design: What does it mean to make a
place, and how do we inhabit those places? How do we continue
to build upon but respect the landscape? How do we reconcile
democracy and private land ownership? What is original? What
is taste? What is the relationship between past and present?
How do we involve inhabitants in making places? Finally, what
is public life? As the world becomes smaller, and the
uniqueness of places and landscapes gives way to sameness,
Moore's celebration of the vernacular and of the surprising are
more relevant than ever. The pieces in this book span the years
1952 to 1993 and engage a myriad of topics and movements, such
as contextualism, community participation, collaboration,
environmentally sensitive design, and historic preservation.
The essays in this book reflect as well Moore's scholarship,
humanism, urbanity, and great wit.

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Urban Design: A typology of Procedures and Products

Jon Lang, "Urban Design: A typology of Procedures and Products. Illustrated with over 50 Case Studies"
Architectural Press | November 1, 2005 | ISBN: 0750666285 | 400 pages | PDF | 17,3 MB

Explains what is meant by Urban Design and explores the variety of types of urban design that has taken place during the last 50 years.

Urban Design provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to urban design, presenting a 3 dimensional model with which to categorise the processes and products involved. It not only defines the subject, but also considers the future direction of the field and what can be learned from the past. 50 international case studies demonstrate the variety of urban design efforts that have occurred in recent history.

* Enables students and professionals to understand the meaning of urban design by presenting an analysis of case studies from the past 5 decades.

* Illustrates how urban design guidelines and processes have been used in a broad range of projects around the world.

* Helps architects and planners to define their goals and to confidently predict design outcomes.

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Singapore (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Singapore (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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Green Cities: Urban Growth And the Environment

Green Cities: Urban Growth And the Environment
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press | ISBN: 0815748167 | edition 2006 | PDF | 160 pages | 12,7 mb

Rapid urban growth and suburban sprawl have heightened concern in many quarters about sustainable development. Are economic growth and environmental health always mutually exclusive goals? Nearly everyone would choose to pursue both given the chance, but many believe that it would be overly optimistic—perhaps naïve—to expect both.

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Urban Planning Today: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader

Urban Planning Today: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press | ISBN: 0816647569 | edition 2006 | PDF | 160 pages | 11 mb

American cities' penchants for single-use zoning and free-market development in pursuit of economic growth have produced problems that have long been recognized: grueling commutes and dependency on automobiles, social isolation, expensive public infrastructure, needless destruction of countryside. Eminent domain disputes rage on, despite recent Supreme Court decisions. Outdated public housing and failed single-function projects litter the landscape. Addressing these urgent problems and debating the public's role in urban planning, the contributors to Urban Planning Today report on real projects in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, Omaha, Portland, and Vancouver. They bring varying, and sometimes divergent, perspectives from backgrounds in urban design and development, city and regional planning, criticism, and law to bear on the mixed bag of results observed in these cities.

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