Design first : design-based planning for communities / David Walters and Linda Luise Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walters, David (David R.)

Contributor:

Brown, Linda (Linda Luise)

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Physical Description:

x, 277 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Architectural Press, 2004.

Summary:

Well-grounded in the history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning new communities and redeveloping existing urban neighborhoods. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explain how better plans (and consequently better places) can be created by applying the three-dimensional principles of urban design and physical place-making to planning problems.Design First uses case studies from the authors own professional projects to demonstrate how theory can be turned into effective practice, using concepts of traditional urban form to resolve contemporary planning and design issues in American communities.The book is aimed at architects, planners, developers, planning commissioners, elected officials and citizens -- and, importantly, students of architecture and planning -- with the objective of reintegrating three-dimensional design firmly back into planning practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

0750659343

OCLC:

53392344