Time-saver standards for urban design /
Urban design
editors, Donald Watson, Alan Plattus, Robert G. Shibley.
- various pagings : illustrations ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Context of urbanization: Population and the urban future / Werner Fronos, Desikan Thirunarayanpuram, Harold N. Brudett -- Metropolis: the spatial organization of seven large cities / Alain Bertaud -- How the other half builds / Vikram Bhatt and Witold Rybczynski -- Jusctions of town and country / Spiro Kostof -- The regional city / Peter Calthorpe -- A realistic approach to city and suburban planning / Alexander Garvin. -- 2. Classic texts of urban design: City building according to artistic principles (1898) / Camillo Sitte -- Une cité industrielle (1917) / Tony Garnier -- Civic art (1922) / Werner Hagemann and Elbert Peets -- The neighborhood unit (1929) / Clarence Arthur Perry -- The Athens charter (1943) / Le Corbusier -- A tale of two cities (1949) / Steen Eiler Rasmussen -- The Radburn idea (1957) / Clarence S. Stein -- The square in space and time (1959) / Paul Zucker -- The city image and its elements (1960) / Kevin Lynch -- The generatore of diversity (1961) / Jane Jacobs -- Design structure of Baroque Rome (1976) / Edmund N. Bacon -- Social life of small urban spaces (1980) / William H. Whyte. -- 3. Urban design history and theory: Introduction to townscape / Gordon Cullen -- The grid as generator / Leslie Martin -- C.A. Doxiadis and the science of human settlements / Jurg Lang -- Urban infrastructures / Alison and Peter Smithson -- Shadrach Woods and the architecture of everyday urbanism / Gabriel Feld -- A significance for A&P parking lots, or learning from Las Vegas / Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour -- Problems of classification / Aldo Rossi -- Crisis of the object: predicament of texture / Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter -- Elements of the concept of urban space / Rob Krier -- Charter of the new urbanism / Congress of the New Urbanism. -- 4. Principles and practices of urban design: How plans work / Lewis D. Hopkins -- Representation and urban design / Matthew J. Bell and Cheryl A. O'Neill -- Making a visual survey / Paul D. Spreiregen -- Sketchbook: Piazza di Spagni, Rome / Robert Regis Dvořák -- Planning for urban conservation / Nahoum Cohen -- The solar envelope / Ralph Knowles -- Urban design and climate / Baruch Givoni -- Bioclamatic design at the site planning scale / Donald Watson and Kenneth Labs -- Sustainable design / Donald Watson, ed. -- Community design charrettes / Donald Watson with Chad Floyd -- Community design centers: an alternative practice / Sheri Blake -- 5. Regional and urban-wide scale: Design characteristics of Maryland's traditional settlements / John W. Hill -- Visualizing a region's future / Robert D. Yaro and Raymond W. Gastil -- Urban farming / Michael Hough -- Urban bikeways / James R. Klein and Elizabeth B. Larder -- Greenways / Loring LaB. Schwarz, ed. -- Heritage areas as an approach to regional planning / Mary C. Means -- Main Street - two decades of lessons learned / Mary C. Means -- Transit-centered urban villages / Robert Cervero and Michael Bernick -- The concept of urban catalysts / Donn Logan and Wayne Attoe -- The Anglo-American suburb / Robert A.M. Stern -- Lexicon of the new urbanism / Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. -- 6. Elements of the city: Urban atriums / Michael J. Bednar -- Courtyards: guidelines for planning and space / John S. Reynolds -- Making great streets / Allan B. Jacobs -- The multiway boulevard / Elizabeth Macdonald -- Planning and design for pedestrians / John J. Fruin -- Pedestrian zones: a design guide / Robert Branbilla and Gianni Longo -- Pedestrian precincts: twelve European cities / R. Branbilla and G. Longo -- Urban plazas: design review checklist / Claire Cooper Marcus -- Shared outdoor spaces / C.C. Marcus -- Universal design in outdoor play areas / Susan Goltsman. -- 7. Urban design details: Universal design for urban transportation / Edward Steinfeld -- Traffic calming / Walter M. Kulash and Ian M. Lockwood -- Parking and circulation dimensions / Mark C. Childs -- Urban green infrastructures / Lynda H. Schneekloth, ed. -- Urban waterways / L.H. Schneekloth, ed. -- Graphic communication, way finding and interpretive planning / Donald Watson, ed. -- Better air quality at street level / Anne Whiston Sprin -- Acoustic considerations for urban design / James P. Cowan -- Urban telecommunications infrastructure / Walter A. Cooper -- Urban outdoor lighting / Nancy Clanton, ed. -- 8. Case studies in urban design: Case studies in urban design / Robert G. Shibley -- The 1972 Portland Downtown plan / Robert G. Shibley and David Herzberg -- Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA / R.G. Shibley and D. Herzberg - Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA / R.G. Shibley and D. Herzberg -- Making and sustaining excellent urban places / R.G. Shibley, Emily Axelrod, Jay Farbstein, Polly Welch and Richard Wener.