Urban design downtown :: poetics and politics of form /

"The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of Urban Design Do...

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1. Verfasser: Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, 1958-
Weitere Verfasser: Banerjee, Tridib
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
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Zusammenfassung:"The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of Urban Design Downtown explore the poetics of design and the politics and economics of development decisions, offering a critical appraisal of the emerging appearance and design of downtown urban form."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxix, 350 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-344) and index.
ISBN:9780520919327
0520919327
0585047804
9780585047805
9780520209305
0520209303