Main entry:

Moudon, Anne Vernez, author.

Title & Author:

Built for change : neighborhood architecture in San Francisco / Anne Vernez Moudon.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : MIT Press, [1986].
©1986

Description:

xix, 3 unnumbered pages, 286 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index.
Introduction -- Part One. Genesis and evolution : 1. Change in the architecture of Alamo Square -- 2. Some history -- Part Two. Design and building traditions in the nineteenth century : 3. Elements of order: gridiron, lots, and boxes -- 4. Elements of variety : street ends, house bases, setbacks, and location within the block -- 5. The physical structure of urban space : 1890s -- Part Three. Changing traditions in the twentieth century : 6. Apartment buildings -- 7. New physical structures of urban space : 1920s and 1960s -- Part Four. Lessons in city and building design : 8. The incremental nature of change -- 9. The issue of control -- 10. Density, building, and city design -- 11. Meeting the unexpected : breathing spaces and resilience -- Epilogue. How San Francisco planned for change -- Appendices.

ISBN:

0262132095 hardcover
9780262132091 hardcover

Subject:

San Francisco Calif.
Architecture, Domestic California San Francisco.
Architecture Environmental aspects California San Francisco.
City planning California San Francisco.
City planning California.
residences.
Architecture domestique Californie San Francisco.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement Californie San Francisco.
Urbanisme Californie.
Urbanisme Californie San Francisco.
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture Environmental aspects
Buildings
City planning
Architektur
San Francisco (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
San Francisco (Calif.) Constructions.
California
California San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif.
California San Francisco Residences Architectural features

Holdings:

Location: Library main 88483
Call No.: ID:86-B17394
Status: Available