The new urbanism : toward an architecture of community / Peter Katz ; foreword by Vincent Scully ; essays by Todd Bressi ... [et al.].

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Katz, Peter, 1954-

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TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1994.Description: xlii, 245 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 x 28 cmISBN:

0070338892 (hbk.)
9780070338890 (hbk.)

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New urbanism : toward an architecture of community [Other title]

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DDC classification:

720.103 KAT 23 001014

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NA2542.4 .K38 1993

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Table of contents

Contents:

Preface / Peter Katz The Region / Peter Calthorpe The Neighborhood and the District / Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk The Street, the Block and the Building / Elizabeth Moule and Stefanos Polyzoides Planning the American Dream / Todd W. Bressi Establishing the Urban Pattern. Seaside. Laguna West. Kentlands. South Brenwood Village. Bamberton. Windsor. Communications Hill. Rosa Vista. A New Village in the Suburbs. Wellington Reconstructing the Urban Fabric. Cite Internationale. Downtown Hayward. Riviera Beach. Rio Vista West. Lake West. Downcity Providence. Orange Tree Courts. Atlantic Center. Mashpee Commons. Playa Vista. Jackson-Taylor. Highland District. Clinton. Downtown Los Angeles The Architecture of Community / Vincent Scully.

Summary: "The move to liveable communities - ideal 'small towns' and neighborhoods where people work, live, play, and walk from place to place - is on. Profit from what a visionary group of architects leading this movement has learned about designing new 'small towns' in Peter Katz's 'The New Urbanism'. You'll discover the amazing potential for this kind of work as well as case studies, site plans, project analyses, and 180 beautiful photographs. This unique reference also tackles,and answers, the critical issues of crime, health, traffic, environmental degradation, and economic vitality and opens a startling window on the look and feel of future communities. Every designer can profit from this guide to building the utopias of tomorrow - today." -- Publisher description.

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Preface / Peter Katz
The Region / Peter Calthorpe
The Neighborhood and the District / Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
The Street, the Block and the Building / Elizabeth Moule and Stefanos Polyzoides
Planning the American Dream / Todd W. Bressi
Establishing the Urban Pattern. Seaside. Laguna West. Kentlands. South Brenwood Village. Bamberton. Windsor. Communications Hill. Rosa Vista. A New Village in the Suburbs. Wellington
Reconstructing the Urban Fabric. Cite Internationale. Downtown Hayward. Riviera Beach. Rio Vista West. Lake West. Downcity Providence. Orange Tree Courts. Atlantic Center. Mashpee Commons. Playa Vista. Jackson-Taylor. Highland District. Clinton. Downtown Los Angeles
The Architecture of Community / Vincent Scully.

"The move to liveable communities - ideal 'small towns' and neighborhoods where people work, live, play, and walk from place to place - is on. Profit from what a visionary group of architects leading this movement has learned about designing new 'small towns' in Peter Katz's 'The New Urbanism'. You'll discover the amazing potential for this kind of work as well as case studies, site plans, project analyses, and 180 beautiful photographs. This unique reference also tackles,and answers, the critical issues of crime, health, traffic, environmental degradation, and economic vitality and opens a startling window on the look and feel of future communities. Every designer can profit from this guide to building the utopias of tomorrow - today." -- Publisher description.

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