Urban design downtown : poetics and politics of form / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Tridib Banerjee.

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Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, 1958-

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Urban design downtown : poetics and politics of form / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Tridib Banerjee.

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Description:

xxix, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-344) and index.
pt. 1. The Evolution of Downtown Form. 1. The Changing Face of Downtown. 2. Models of Downtown Design. 3. Corporate Production of Downtown Space -- pt. 2. The Politics of Development. 4. The Politics of Place Making. 5. The Two Faces of Downtown. 6. Public Life and Space in Transition -- pt. 3. The Poetics of Form. 7. The Poetics of Corporate Open Spaces. 8. One Percent Aesthetics. 9. Theming and Stage Setting: The Story of Production and Promotion. 10. Postmodern Urban Form. Epilogue: Challenges for Downtown Urban Design.

Summary:

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.

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ISBN:

0520209303 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520209305 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0585047804
9780585047805

Subject:

City planning California Case studies.
Central business districts California Case studies.
Urban policy California Case studies.
Urbanisme Californie Études de cas.
Centres-villes Californie Études de cas.
Politique urbaine Californie Études de cas.
Central business districts.
City planning.
Urban policy.
Stadsplanning.
Kantoren.
City (geografie)
Villes Planification Californie (États-Unis) Cas, Études de.
Politique urbaine Californie (États-Unis) Cas, Études de.
California.

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

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Banerjee, Tridib.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200853
Call No.: HT167.5.C2 L6 1998
Status: Available

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