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Author : Marnie Devine Bettridge
Release : 2007
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Book Synopsis Designing for the Transparent City by : Marnie Devine Bettridge
Download or read book Designing for the Transparent City written by Marnie Devine Bettridge. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gordon Gilbert
Release : 2017
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 450/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Transparent Architecture by : Gordon Gilbert
Download or read book Transparent Architecture written by Gordon Gilbert. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compilation of work by Architect Gordon Gilbert explores the idea of transparency in architecture, ranging from an open physical transparency, to clarity of structure, to the dematerialization of the physical object, and further to evolving and expanding states of architectural awareness. This exploration is facilitated through a revealing juxtaposition of experimental drawing, subliminal texts, and constructed work.With essays by Michael Sorkin, Zvi Hecker, Lebbeus Woods, and Christian W. Thomsen.
Author : Michael Wolf
Release : 2008
Genre : Photography
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Book Rating : 761/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Transparent City by : Michael Wolf
Download or read book The Transparent City written by Michael Wolf. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs of the Chicago cityscape--digitally distorted and hyper-enlarged, snatched surreptitiously via telephoto lenses--focus specifically on issues of voyeurism and the contemporary urban landscape in flux.
Author : Reid Ewing
Release : 2013-07-20
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 931/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Measuring Urban Design by : Reid Ewing
Download or read book Measuring Urban Design written by Reid Ewing. This book was released on 2013-07-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes strolling down a particular street enjoyable? The authors of Measuring Urban Design argue it's not an idle question. Inviting streets are the centerpiece of thriving, sustainable communities, but it can be difficult to pinpoint the precise design elements that make an area appealing. This accessible guide removes the mystery, providing clear methods to measure urban design. In recent years, many "walking audit instruments" have been developed to measure qualities like building height, block length, and sidewalk width. But while easily quantifiable, these physical features do not fully capture the experience of walking down a street. In contrast, this book addresses broad perceptions of street environments. It provides operational definitions and measurement protocols of five intangible qualities of urban design, specifically imageability, visual enclosure, human scale, transparency, and complexity. The result is a reliable field survey instrument grounded in constructs from architecture, urban design, and planning. Readers will also find a case study applying the instrument to 588 streets in New York City, which shows that it can be used effectively to measure the built environment's impact on social, psychological, and physical well-being. Finally, readers will find illustrated, step-by-step instructions to use the instrument and a scoring sheet for easy calculation of urban design quality scores. For the first time, researchers, designers, planners, and lay people have an empirically tested tool to measure those elusive qualities that make us want to take a stroll. Urban policymakers and planners as well as students in urban policy, design, and environmental health will find the tools and methods in Measuring Urban Design especially useful.
Author : Kevin Lynch
Release : 1964-06-15
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis The Image of the City by : Kevin Lynch
Download or read book The Image of the City written by Kevin Lynch. This book was released on 1964-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion—imageability—and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.
