Better by design? architecture, urban planning, and the good city / Paul L. Knox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knox, Paul L., author.

Contributor:

Knox, Paul L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society.

City planning.

Design--Social aspects.

Design.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Virginia Tech Publishing 2020

Virginia : Virginia Tech Publishing, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The design professions—architecture, city planning, landscape architecture, and urban design—share a great deal in terms of intellectual antecedents, professional ideals, and praxis. In particular, they share a commitment to creating better cities—whether at the scale of buildings, neighborhoods, or city-regions. But who decides what constitutes a “good” city, and how should such an ideal be implemented?In Better by Design? Paul Knox explores the intellectual roots of the design professions, showing how architects, planners, and other designers have traditionally interpreted their roles and implemented their ideas in cities across North America and the UK. Drawing on his long record of research and award-winning publications on the social production of the built environment, Knox offers a critical appraisal of their ultimate effectiveness in achieving the goal of creating and sustai good cities..

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Open access. This is an Open Access book distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) license, which enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. Copyright is retained by the author(s).

Description based on e-publication, viewed on December 1st, 2021.

ISBN:

1-949373-31-2