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Bicycles as a means of transport in cities are playing an ever more important role. The reasons are: reduction of motorcar traffic, sustainable traffic planning, reduction of noise and exhaust emissions, enhancement of the value of public space, healthier form of transport, savings potential in national health services and infrastructure expenditure. This book illustrates(...)
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Bicycles as a means of transport in cities are playing an ever more important role. The reasons are: reduction of motorcar traffic, sustainable traffic planning, reduction of noise and exhaust emissions, enhancement of the value of public space, healthier form of transport, savings potential in national health services and infrastructure expenditure. This book illustrates(...)
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Ride a bike!: reclaim the city
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Bicycles as a means of transport in cities are playing an ever more important role. The reasons are: reduction of motorcar traffic, sustainable traffic planning, reduction of noise and exhaust emissions, enhancement of the value of public space, healthier form of transport, savings potential in national health services and infrastructure expenditure. This book illustrates urban design ideas and architectural projects which go far beyond purely redesigning road layouts; its eight essays focus on the trend in urban design, landscape design, and traffic planning, it introduces nine exemplary bicycle traffic concepts in various cities (Barcelona, Copenhagen, New York, and Oslo amongst others), and presents 28 forward-looking individual bicycle infrastructure projects.
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Bicycles as a means of transport in cities are playing an ever more important role. The reasons are: reduction of motorcar traffic, sustainable traffic planning, reduction of noise and exhaust emissions, enhancement of the value of public space, healthier form of transport, savings potential in national health services and infrastructure expenditure. This book illustrates urban design ideas and architectural projects which go far beyond purely redesigning road layouts; its eight essays focus on the trend in urban design, landscape design, and traffic planning, it introduces nine exemplary bicycle traffic concepts in various cities (Barcelona, Copenhagen, New York, and Oslo amongst others), and presents 28 forward-looking individual bicycle infrastructure projects.
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Daniel Kiss examines the urban development of Budapest from 1990 to 2010. This period is characterized by the significant decline in communally town planning: given the structural legacies of socialist urbanization, the decentralization of government and resources, and the impact of a post-socialist culture struggle, a trend is being analyzed in which nebulous(...)
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Daniel Kiss examines the urban development of Budapest from 1990 to 2010. This period is characterized by the significant decline in communally town planning: given the structural legacies of socialist urbanization, the decentralization of government and resources, and the impact of a post-socialist culture struggle, a trend is being analyzed in which nebulous(...)
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Modeling post-socialist urbanization: the case of Budapest
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Daniel Kiss examines the urban development of Budapest from 1990 to 2010. This period is characterized by the significant decline in communally town planning: given the structural legacies of socialist urbanization, the decentralization of government and resources, and the impact of a post-socialist culture struggle, a trend is being analyzed in which nebulous competencies lead to unclear and thus to a failure of higher-level planning. The ensuing consequence is an increase in large, investment-driven projects: it is characteristic of these privately financed projects that they do not submit to higher level control, in particular when these control bodies are rather weak. This model-based analysis presents the phenomenon as exemplary of the development in post-socialist cities.
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Daniel Kiss examines the urban development of Budapest from 1990 to 2010. This period is characterized by the significant decline in communally town planning: given the structural legacies of socialist urbanization, the decentralization of government and resources, and the impact of a post-socialist culture struggle, a trend is being analyzed in which nebulous competencies lead to unclear and thus to a failure of higher-level planning. The ensuing consequence is an increase in large, investment-driven projects: it is characteristic of these privately financed projects that they do not submit to higher level control, in particular when these control bodies are rather weak. This model-based analysis presents the phenomenon as exemplary of the development in post-socialist cities.
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La ville insoutenable
La ville insoutenable
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La relation millénaire entre ville et campagne, qui associait deux termes nettement distincts par leur forme autant que par leur fonction, a tendu à se défaire au XXe siècle, dans les pays riches, pour laisser place à un mixte de ces deux termes: la « ville-campagne ». Cet habitat d'un genre nouveau pose de gros problèmes, tant au plan social qu'à celui des paysages et(...)
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La relation millénaire entre ville et campagne, qui associait deux termes nettement distincts par leur forme autant que par leur fonction, a tendu à se défaire au XXe siècle, dans les pays riches, pour laisser place à un mixte de ces deux termes: la « ville-campagne ». Cet habitat d'un genre nouveau pose de gros problèmes, tant au plan social qu'à celui des paysages et(...)
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May 2006, Paris
May 2006, Paris
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La ville insoutenable
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La relation millénaire entre ville et campagne, qui associait deux termes nettement distincts par leur forme autant que par leur fonction, a tendu à se défaire au XXe siècle, dans les pays riches, pour laisser place à un mixte de ces deux termes: la « ville-campagne ». Cet habitat d'un genre nouveau pose de gros problèmes, tant au plan social qu'à celui des paysages et de l'environnement. Ceux-ci culminent aujpurd'hui en un paradoxe insoutenable : la quête de « nature » (dans les représentations) entraîne la destruction de la nature (en termes de biosphère). Ce livre collectif s'attache à retracer l'histoire des motivations qui ont conduit à ce paradoxe, du mythe arcadien au libéralisme post-fordiste, dans trois « bassins sémantiques » : l'Europe occidentale, l'Asie orientale et l'Amérique du Nord, en éclairant leurs originalités mais aussi leurs multiples confluences.
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La relation millénaire entre ville et campagne, qui associait deux termes nettement distincts par leur forme autant que par leur fonction, a tendu à se défaire au XXe siècle, dans les pays riches, pour laisser place à un mixte de ces deux termes: la « ville-campagne ». Cet habitat d'un genre nouveau pose de gros problèmes, tant au plan social qu'à celui des paysages et de l'environnement. Ceux-ci culminent aujpurd'hui en un paradoxe insoutenable : la quête de « nature » (dans les représentations) entraîne la destruction de la nature (en termes de biosphère). Ce livre collectif s'attache à retracer l'histoire des motivations qui ont conduit à ce paradoxe, du mythe arcadien au libéralisme post-fordiste, dans trois « bassins sémantiques » : l'Europe occidentale, l'Asie orientale et l'Amérique du Nord, en éclairant leurs originalités mais aussi leurs multiples confluences.
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May 2006, Paris
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Cet ouvrage a paru pour la première fois en 1978 ; il est devenu un grand classique par son approche originale de la morphologie. Cette nouvelle édition, entièrement refondue, est précédée d'un avant-propos qui remet le texte en situation compte tenu de l'avancée des recherches dans le domaine. Ce livre parle des formes architecturales et de la géométrie, sous un angle(...)
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Cet ouvrage a paru pour la première fois en 1978 ; il est devenu un grand classique par son approche originale de la morphologie. Cette nouvelle édition, entièrement refondue, est précédée d'un avant-propos qui remet le texte en situation compte tenu de l'avancée des recherches dans le domaine. Ce livre parle des formes architecturales et de la géométrie, sous un angle(...)
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April 2006, Marseilles
April 2006, Marseilles
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Forme et déformation des objets architecturaux et urbains
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Cet ouvrage a paru pour la première fois en 1978 ; il est devenu un grand classique par son approche originale de la morphologie. Cette nouvelle édition, entièrement refondue, est précédée d'un avant-propos qui remet le texte en situation compte tenu de l'avancée des recherches dans le domaine. Ce livre parle des formes architecturales et de la géométrie, sous un angle quelque peu inhabituel, celui de la "déformation". Même si l'on privilégie les formes réglées et que l'on tente d'éviter le maniérisme et les caprices formels, la composition d'un projet peut conduire à une déformation forcée de formes ou de trames géométriques répondant mieux au faisceau de contraintes qui structure la composition architecturale. La géométrie recèle une fonction organisatrice primordiale dans la gestion des rapports (ou des conflits) spatiaux. Le champ de la morphologie est donc immense, bien que toujours aussi peu défriché, puisque le travail de l'architecte procède toujours par transformations des concepts de départ : on ne peut tenir un modèle ou un type jusqu'au bout d'un projet sans l'altérer, le modeler pour répondre à toutes les exigences. Cette technique d'adaptation, de "conciliation", c'est tout simplement la "composition", car l'architecture ne saurait se réduire à ses intentions.
Forme et déformation des objets architecturaux et urbains
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Cet ouvrage a paru pour la première fois en 1978 ; il est devenu un grand classique par son approche originale de la morphologie. Cette nouvelle édition, entièrement refondue, est précédée d'un avant-propos qui remet le texte en situation compte tenu de l'avancée des recherches dans le domaine. Ce livre parle des formes architecturales et de la géométrie, sous un angle quelque peu inhabituel, celui de la "déformation". Même si l'on privilégie les formes réglées et que l'on tente d'éviter le maniérisme et les caprices formels, la composition d'un projet peut conduire à une déformation forcée de formes ou de trames géométriques répondant mieux au faisceau de contraintes qui structure la composition architecturale. La géométrie recèle une fonction organisatrice primordiale dans la gestion des rapports (ou des conflits) spatiaux. Le champ de la morphologie est donc immense, bien que toujours aussi peu défriché, puisque le travail de l'architecte procède toujours par transformations des concepts de départ : on ne peut tenir un modèle ou un type jusqu'au bout d'un projet sans l'altérer, le modeler pour répondre à toutes les exigences. Cette technique d'adaptation, de "conciliation", c'est tout simplement la "composition", car l'architecture ne saurait se réduire à ses intentions.
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April 2006, Marseilles
April 2006, Marseilles
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This book proposes to memorialize the design elements and planning principles that made it the most successful town-center development in America. An important aim was to promote this type of sustainable community development reflectes the primary message that Reston Town Center, while newly built, is a timeless urban place, a downtown in the suburbs. Contributing authors(...)
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This book proposes to memorialize the design elements and planning principles that made it the most successful town-center development in America. An important aim was to promote this type of sustainable community development reflectes the primary message that Reston Town Center, while newly built, is a timeless urban place, a downtown in the suburbs. Contributing authors(...)
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Reston town center : a downtown for the 21st century
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This book proposes to memorialize the design elements and planning principles that made it the most successful town-center development in America. An important aim was to promote this type of sustainable community development reflectes the primary message that Reston Town Center, while newly built, is a timeless urban place, a downtown in the suburbs. Contributing authors included individuals who worked on Reston Town Center—Robert E. Simon, Thomas A. D’Alesandro, Robert C. Kettler, Robert A.M. Stern—and noted urbanists Charles C. Bohl, Tom Vanderbilt, Philip Langdon.
Reston town center : a downtown for the 21st century
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This book proposes to memorialize the design elements and planning principles that made it the most successful town-center development in America. An important aim was to promote this type of sustainable community development reflectes the primary message that Reston Town Center, while newly built, is a timeless urban place, a downtown in the suburbs. Contributing authors included individuals who worked on Reston Town Center—Robert E. Simon, Thomas A. D’Alesandro, Robert C. Kettler, Robert A.M. Stern—and noted urbanists Charles C. Bohl, Tom Vanderbilt, Philip Langdon.
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March 2006, Washington
March 2006, Washington
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David Rockwell and Bruce Mau present a dynamic visual essay that celebrates the phenomenon and history of public performance worldwide from the stadium to the streets, from religious festivals to political marches, and from the ever-changing skyline of Las Vegas to ephemeral fireworks displays. In photographs, essays, and interviews, this volume traces sites of mass spectacle.
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David Rockwell and Bruce Mau present a dynamic visual essay that celebrates the phenomenon and history of public performance worldwide from the stadium to the streets, from religious festivals to political marches, and from the ever-changing skyline of Las Vegas to ephemeral fireworks displays. In photographs, essays, and interviews, this volume traces sites of mass spectacle.
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Spectacle
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David Rockwell and Bruce Mau present a dynamic visual essay that celebrates the phenomenon and history of public performance worldwide from the stadium to the streets, from religious festivals to political marches, and from the ever-changing skyline of Las Vegas to ephemeral fireworks displays. In photographs, essays, and interviews, this volume traces sites of mass spectacle.
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David Rockwell and Bruce Mau present a dynamic visual essay that celebrates the phenomenon and history of public performance worldwide from the stadium to the streets, from religious festivals to political marches, and from the ever-changing skyline of Las Vegas to ephemeral fireworks displays. In photographs, essays, and interviews, this volume traces sites of mass spectacle.
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May 2006, London / New York
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Les enjeux urbains de la pensée de Walter Benjamin se situent dans un entre-deux-villes où s'est joué le sort d'une modernité contradictoire : Paris, capitale du XIXe siècle. A la question : " Comment habiter le moderne ? ", Benjamin répond par une étonnante philosophie de l'architecture, où se mêlent exils et souvenirs d'enfance, flânerie et pratiques révolutionnaires,(...)
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Les enjeux urbains de la pensée de Walter Benjamin se situent dans un entre-deux-villes où s'est joué le sort d'une modernité contradictoire : Paris, capitale du XIXe siècle. A la question : " Comment habiter le moderne ? ", Benjamin répond par une étonnante philosophie de l'architecture, où se mêlent exils et souvenirs d'enfance, flânerie et pratiques révolutionnaires,(...)
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Capitales de la modernité : Walter Benjamin et la ville
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Les enjeux urbains de la pensée de Walter Benjamin se situent dans un entre-deux-villes où s'est joué le sort d'une modernité contradictoire : Paris, capitale du XIXe siècle. A la question : " Comment habiter le moderne ? ", Benjamin répond par une étonnante philosophie de l'architecture, où se mêlent exils et souvenirs d'enfance, flânerie et pratiques révolutionnaires, transparence et opacité, cinéma et expertise sociale. C'est à cet inventaire que ce volume veut contribuer, constituant la ville comme " centre de gravité " de la pensée benjaminienne, vers lequel convergent ses autres architectures linguistiques, esthétiques ou politiques.
Capitales de la modernité : Walter Benjamin et la ville
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Les enjeux urbains de la pensée de Walter Benjamin se situent dans un entre-deux-villes où s'est joué le sort d'une modernité contradictoire : Paris, capitale du XIXe siècle. A la question : " Comment habiter le moderne ? ", Benjamin répond par une étonnante philosophie de l'architecture, où se mêlent exils et souvenirs d'enfance, flânerie et pratiques révolutionnaires, transparence et opacité, cinéma et expertise sociale. C'est à cet inventaire que ce volume veut contribuer, constituant la ville comme " centre de gravité " de la pensée benjaminienne, vers lequel convergent ses autres architectures linguistiques, esthétiques ou politiques.
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March 2006, Paris / Tel Aviv
March 2006, Paris / Tel Aviv
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Despite a modest revival in city living, Americans are spreading out more than ever—into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere, in big houses in big subdivisions. We cling to the notion of safer neighborhoods and better schools, but what we get, argues Anthony Flint, is long commutes, crushing gas prices and higher taxes—and a landscape of strip malls and office(...)
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Despite a modest revival in city living, Americans are spreading out more than ever—into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere, in big houses in big subdivisions. We cling to the notion of safer neighborhoods and better schools, but what we get, argues Anthony Flint, is long commutes, crushing gas prices and higher taxes—and a landscape of strip malls and office(...)
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This land : the battle over sprawl and the future of America
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Despite a modest revival in city living, Americans are spreading out more than ever—into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere, in big houses in big subdivisions. We cling to the notion of safer neighborhoods and better schools, but what we get, argues Anthony Flint, is long commutes, crushing gas prices and higher taxes—and a landscape of strip malls and office parks badly in need of a makeover. "This land" tells the untold story of development in America—how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political, economic and cultural forces. It is the story of burgeoning anti-sprawl movement, a 1960s-style revolution of New Urbanism, smart growth, and green building. And it is the story of landowners fighting back on the basis of property rights, with free-market libertarians, homebuilders, road pavers, financial institutions, and even the lawn-care industry right alongside them. The subdivisions and extra-wide roadways are encroaching into the wetlands of Florida, ranchlands in Texas, and the desert outside Phoenix and Las Vegas. But with up to 120 million more people in the country by 2050, will the spread-out pattern cave in on itself? Could Americans embrace a new approach to development if it made sense for them?
This land : the battle over sprawl and the future of America
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Despite a modest revival in city living, Americans are spreading out more than ever—into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere, in big houses in big subdivisions. We cling to the notion of safer neighborhoods and better schools, but what we get, argues Anthony Flint, is long commutes, crushing gas prices and higher taxes—and a landscape of strip malls and office parks badly in need of a makeover. "This land" tells the untold story of development in America—how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political, economic and cultural forces. It is the story of burgeoning anti-sprawl movement, a 1960s-style revolution of New Urbanism, smart growth, and green building. And it is the story of landowners fighting back on the basis of property rights, with free-market libertarians, homebuilders, road pavers, financial institutions, and even the lawn-care industry right alongside them. The subdivisions and extra-wide roadways are encroaching into the wetlands of Florida, ranchlands in Texas, and the desert outside Phoenix and Las Vegas. But with up to 120 million more people in the country by 2050, will the spread-out pattern cave in on itself? Could Americans embrace a new approach to development if it made sense for them?
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June 2006, Baltimore
June 2006, Baltimore
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In this absorbing history, Jon C. Teaford traces the dramatic evolution of American metropolitan life. At the end of World War II, the cities of the Northeast and the Midwest were bustling, racially and economically integrated areas frequented by suburban and urban dwellers alike. Yet since 1945, these cities have become peripheral to the lives of most Americans. “Edge(...)
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In this absorbing history, Jon C. Teaford traces the dramatic evolution of American metropolitan life. At the end of World War II, the cities of the Northeast and the Midwest were bustling, racially and economically integrated areas frequented by suburban and urban dwellers alike. Yet since 1945, these cities have become peripheral to the lives of most Americans. “Edge(...)
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The metropolitan revolution : the rise of post-urban America
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In this absorbing history, Jon C. Teaford traces the dramatic evolution of American metropolitan life. At the end of World War II, the cities of the Northeast and the Midwest were bustling, racially and economically integrated areas frequented by suburban and urban dwellers alike. Yet since 1945, these cities have become peripheral to the lives of most Americans. “Edge cities” are now the dominant centers of production and consumption in post-suburban America. Characterized by sprawling freeways, corporate parks, and homogeneous malls and shopping centers, edge cities have transformed the urban landscape of the United States.
The metropolitan revolution : the rise of post-urban America
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In this absorbing history, Jon C. Teaford traces the dramatic evolution of American metropolitan life. At the end of World War II, the cities of the Northeast and the Midwest were bustling, racially and economically integrated areas frequented by suburban and urban dwellers alike. Yet since 1945, these cities have become peripheral to the lives of most Americans. “Edge cities” are now the dominant centers of production and consumption in post-suburban America. Characterized by sprawling freeways, corporate parks, and homogeneous malls and shopping centers, edge cities have transformed the urban landscape of the United States.
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June 2006, New York
June 2006, New York
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Will cities exist in the next century? Or will everywhere be urban? Contemporary communication and transportation networks allow for greater urban dispersal, yet cities continue to centralise great densities of activities and innovations. What form will the 21st century city take? And what role will architects and urban designers take in shaping the future form of the(...)
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Will cities exist in the next century? Or will everywhere be urban? Contemporary communication and transportation networks allow for greater urban dispersal, yet cities continue to centralise great densities of activities and innovations. What form will the 21st century city take? And what role will architects and urban designers take in shaping the future form of the(...)
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Sensing the 21st-century city : close-up and remote
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Will cities exist in the next century? Or will everywhere be urban? Contemporary communication and transportation networks allow for greater urban dispersal, yet cities continue to centralise great densities of activities and innovations. What form will the 21st century city take? And what role will architects and urban designers take in shaping the future form of the city? " The sensing of the city " - remotely and up close - addresses a variety of issues, relating to the problems and complexities of contemporary and future urban design.
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Will cities exist in the next century? Or will everywhere be urban? Contemporary communication and transportation networks allow for greater urban dispersal, yet cities continue to centralise great densities of activities and innovations. What form will the 21st century city take? And what role will architects and urban designers take in shaping the future form of the city? " The sensing of the city " - remotely and up close - addresses a variety of issues, relating to the problems and complexities of contemporary and future urban design.
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November 2005, Chichester
November 2005, Chichester
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