| The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance. Urban design has moved from marginality to mainstream. The principles espoused by urban designers over the past 30 years are now accepted as key to a better urban environment and as we move towards greater sustainability, different ideas are emerging that are challenging some of the accepted urban design norms; urban design is at a watershed. Essays from an international cast of authors review progress and explore emerging ideas: should urban design reflect the future rather than recreate the past? What are the new driving forces that will shape urban living and hence urban design in the future? This book explores new concepts and points the way towards a series of urban design paradigms for the twenty-first century. Urban Design Futures puts forward a series of provocative scenarios for directions in which urban design could evolve. These scenarios take the form of a series of 'think-pieces' on different aspects of Urban Design by leading practitioners and theorists. |
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| Binding: Softcover |
| Specs: 216 pages | .02 Lbs |
| ISBN: 0415318785 |
| ISBN-13: 9780415318785 |
| Edition: 1 |
| Publisher: Routledge Publishers | Publish Date 09/06 | Copyright 2007 |
Table Of Contents:
Prologue : city planning
Bernard O'Donoghue
Territories of urban design
Alex Krieger
Globalising urban design
Tony Lloyd-Jones
It's sprawl, but it's MY sprawl
Harriet Tregoning
Civitas : traditional urbanism in contemporary practice
Paul Murrain
The planning system and the delivery of design quality
John Punter
The ART of city building
David Rudlin
Life, spaces, buildings - and in said order, please
Jan Gehl
The insecurity of urbanism
Tim Stonor
The street
Adriaan Geuze
Asian commercialism and the discovery of place : the Lan Kwai Fong story
Alex Lui
The social dimension of urban design
Ken Worpole
Men shouldn't decide everything : women and the public realm
Mardie Townsend
Post modern movement : the 'inscribed' city
Alain Cousseran
Animal urbanism and homeopethic architecture
Lucien Kroll
What is the 'new ordinary'?
Bill Dunster
A vertical theory of urban design
Ken Yeang
The brand new authentic retail experience : the commercialization of urban design
Richard Rees
Place, experience, movement
Andrew Cross
Lower Lea Valley olympic and legacy masterplans
Jason Prior
Giving meaning to the experience economy
John Worthington
Ground zero
Thom Mayne
Conclusion : urban design futures
Jon Rowland |
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