Title & Author:

Ourtopias : cities and the role of design / edited by Paola Poletto, Philip Beesley, Catherine Molnar.

Publication:

[Cambridge, Ont.] : Riverside Architectural Press, c2008.

Description:

130 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Notes:
Published in partnership with the Canadian Design Research Network and the Design Exchange.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Paola Poletto, Philip Beesley -- Ourtopia : ideal cities and the role of design in remaking urban space / Bruce Kuwabara -- Condomania! Condominium culture and cities of convenience / Mason White -- John M. Lyle and the Civic Improvement Committee : a head, a heart, and a pulse to Toronto / Glenn McArthur -- Fringe benefits : cosmopolitan dynamics of a multicultural city / Ian Chodikoff -- Beware! Traffic ahead! Destination: Utopia / Akin Sevinc -- From urban cell to global hive / Maria del C. Vera, Shai Yeshayahu -- Genius loci : the need for urban scenography / Adam Kolodziej -- Towards constructive dialogue : real-time visualization and geographic information systems / Thomas Seebohm, John Danahy -- Landscape manufacturing / James Kirkpatrick -- Ravine city and farm city / Chris Hardwicke -- Towards a design nation / Douglas MacLeod [and others] -- Afterword / Robert F. Woodbury.

Summary:

Collection of essays resulting from a conference presented by the Design Exchange in 2007.

ISBN:

9780980985603 (paperback)
0980985609 (paperback)

Subject:

City planning.
Design urbain.
urban design.

Form/genre:

Conference publications.

Added entries:

Beesley, Philip, 1956-
Poletto, Paola, 1969-
Molnar, Catherine.
Design Exchange (Firm)
Canadian Design Research Network.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260805
Call No.: BIB 191722
Status: Available