A NEW THEORY OF URBAN DESIGN

A NEW THEORY OF URBAN DESIGN

The venerable cities of the past, such as Venice or Amsterdam, convey a feeling of wholeness, an organic unity that surfaces in every detail, large and small, in restaurants, shops, public gardens, even in balconies and ornaments. But this sense of wholeness is lacking in modern urban design, with a...

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Other Authors: Alexander, Christopher
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1987
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City planning > Simulation methods > California > San Francisco
City planning > Philosophy
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Summary:The venerable cities of the past, such as Venice or Amsterdam, convey a feeling of wholeness, an organic unity that surfaces in every detail, large and small, in restaurants, shops, public gardens, even in balconies and ornaments. But this sense of wholeness is lacking in modern urban design, with architects absorbed in problems of individual structures, and city planners preoccupied with local ordinances, it is almost impossible to achieve.
Physical Description:251 p. ill. 21 cm
ISBN:0195037537

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