Responsive environments : a manual for designers / Ian Bentley ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bentley, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Architectural design.

Physical Description:

151 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 21 x 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Architectural Press, 1985.

Summary:

Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed in to places or buildings. This is a practical book about architecture and urban design. It is most concerned with the areas of design which most frequently go wrong and impresses the idea that ideals alone are not enough. Ideals must be linked through appropriate design ideas to the fabric of the built environemnt itself. This book is a practical attempt to show how this can be done.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 147-148.

ISBN:

0851399673

OCLC:

17483672