Getting Real About Urbanism
Contextual Design for Cities
Book Summary:
Fighting the trend to design cookie-cutter urban communities, this resource looks at city planning and design in a multi-dimensional way—paying attention to the history and environment of a particular area in order to create places with identifiable character and personality.
Book Summary: Fighting the trend to design cookie-cutter urban communities, this resource looks at city planning and design in a multi-dimensional way—paying attention to the history and environment of a particular area in order to create places with identifiable character and personality.
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Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
250
ISBN:
9780874201055
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