The Mayors' Institute : excellence in city design / National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., the Mayors' Institute on City Design ; James S. Russell, editor ; Mark Robbins, series editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Russell, James S., 1952-

Robbins, Mark, 1956-

Mayors' Institute on City Design.

Series:

NEA series on design

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public architecture--United States.

Public spaces--United States.

City planning--United States.

City planning.

Public spaces.

Public architecture.

United States.

Urban beautification--United States.

Urban beautification.

Mayors' Institute on City Design.

Physical Description:

124 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Washington D.C.] : [National Endowment for the Arts] ; [New York, N.Y.]: [Distributed by Princeton Architectural Press], [2002]

Summary:

Since the late 1990s, the National Endowment for the Arts, under the direction of Mark Robbins, has been promoting design excellence through an ambitious series of symposia, best-case design studies, and prototype projects. The results of these programs are now documented in a new series of publications, each focusing on design in the public realm and the potential for innovative architecture, landscape architecture, and planning.

Offers guidance on using architecture, landscape architecture, art, urban design, and planning to improve space in the public realm.

ISBN:

1568983778

OCLC:

50292743