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The range of topics covered in “My Kind of City” reflects the breadth of Dittmar's experience in working for better cities for people. Common themes emerge in the engaging prose including Dittmar's belief that improving our cities should not be left to the "experts"; his appreciation for the beautiful and the messy; and his rare combination of deep expertise and modesty.(...)
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The range of topics covered in “My Kind of City” reflects the breadth of Dittmar's experience in working for better cities for people. Common themes emerge in the engaging prose including Dittmar's belief that improving our cities should not be left to the "experts"; his appreciation for the beautiful and the messy; and his rare combination of deep expertise and modesty.(...)
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My kind of city: the collected essays of Hank Dittmar
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The range of topics covered in “My Kind of City” reflects the breadth of Dittmar's experience in working for better cities for people. Common themes emerge in the engaging prose including Dittmar's belief that improving our cities should not be left to the "experts"; his appreciation for the beautiful and the messy; and his rare combination of deep expertise and modesty. As Lynn Richards, CEO of Congress for the New Urbanism expresses in the preface, "Hank's writing is smart without being elitist, witty and poetic, succinct and often surprising."
My kind of city: the collected essays of Hank Dittmar
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The range of topics covered in “My Kind of City” reflects the breadth of Dittmar's experience in working for better cities for people. Common themes emerge in the engaging prose including Dittmar's belief that improving our cities should not be left to the "experts"; his appreciation for the beautiful and the messy; and his rare combination of deep expertise and modesty. As Lynn Richards, CEO of Congress for the New Urbanism expresses in the preface, "Hank's writing is smart without being elitist, witty and poetic, succinct and often surprising."
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August 2019
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xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017], ©2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017], ©2017
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Architectural intelligence : how designers and architects created the digital landscape / Molly Wright Steenson.
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xii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Architectural intelligence : how designers and architects created the digital landscape / Molly Wright Steenson.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017], ©2017
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The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The continent seemed to offer a God-given opportunity to start again and build the perfect community. Those messianic days are gone. But as Alex Krieger argues in City on a Hill, any attempt at deep understanding of how the country has developed must recognize the persistent and dramatic consequences of(...)
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The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The continent seemed to offer a God-given opportunity to start again and build the perfect community. Those messianic days are gone. But as Alex Krieger argues in City on a Hill, any attempt at deep understanding of how the country has developed must recognize the persistent and dramatic consequences of(...)
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City on a hill: urban idealism in America from the puritans to the present
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The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The continent seemed to offer a God-given opportunity to start again and build the perfect community. Those messianic days are gone. But as Alex Krieger argues in City on a Hill, any attempt at deep understanding of how the country has developed must recognize the persistent and dramatic consequences of utopian dreaming. Even as ideals have changed, idealism itself has for better and worse shaped our world of bricks and mortar, macadam, parks, and farmland. As he traces this uniquely American story from the Pilgrims to the “smart city,” Krieger delivers a striking new history of our built environment.
City on a hill: urban idealism in America from the puritans to the present
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The first European settlers saw America as a paradise regained. The continent seemed to offer a God-given opportunity to start again and build the perfect community. Those messianic days are gone. But as Alex Krieger argues in City on a Hill, any attempt at deep understanding of how the country has developed must recognize the persistent and dramatic consequences of utopian dreaming. Even as ideals have changed, idealism itself has for better and worse shaped our world of bricks and mortar, macadam, parks, and farmland. As he traces this uniquely American story from the Pilgrims to the “smart city,” Krieger delivers a striking new history of our built environment.
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October 2019
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Urban Theory
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
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Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Diana Balmori [and others].
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Diana Balmori [and others].
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New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
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"The limitless city" offers an accessible examination of the predominant form of land use in the United States today - the all too familiar pattern of commercial and residential development know as sprawl. Oliver Gillham, an architect and planner with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, considers the history and development of sprawl and examines(...)
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"The limitless city" offers an accessible examination of the predominant form of land use in the United States today - the all too familiar pattern of commercial and residential development know as sprawl. Oliver Gillham, an architect and planner with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, considers the history and development of sprawl and examines(...)
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The limetless city : a primer in the urban sprawl debate
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"The limitless city" offers an accessible examination of the predominant form of land use in the United States today - the all too familiar pattern of commercial and residential development know as sprawl. Oliver Gillham, an architect and planner with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, considers the history and development of sprawl and examines current debates about the issue. The book offers a comprehensive definition of sprawl in America; traces the roots of sprawl and considers the factors that led to its preeminence as an urban and suburban form reviews both its negative impacts (loss of open space, increased pollution, gridlock) as well as its positive aspects (economic development, personal freedom, privacy); considers responses to sprawl including "smart growth," urban growth boundaries, regional planning, and the New Urbanism; looks at what can be done to improve and counterbalance sprawl. The author argues that whether we like it or not, sprawl is here to stay, and only by understanding where it came from and why it developed will we be able to successfully address the problems it has created and is likely to create in the future. "The limitless city" provides a realistic look at sprawl, with a frank recognition of its status as the predominant urban form in America, now and into the near future. Rather than railing against it, Gillham charts its probable future course while describing critical efforts that can be undertaken to improve the future of sprawl and our existing urban core areas.
The limetless city : a primer in the urban sprawl debate
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"The limitless city" offers an accessible examination of the predominant form of land use in the United States today - the all too familiar pattern of commercial and residential development know as sprawl. Oliver Gillham, an architect and planner with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, considers the history and development of sprawl and examines current debates about the issue. The book offers a comprehensive definition of sprawl in America; traces the roots of sprawl and considers the factors that led to its preeminence as an urban and suburban form reviews both its negative impacts (loss of open space, increased pollution, gridlock) as well as its positive aspects (economic development, personal freedom, privacy); considers responses to sprawl including "smart growth," urban growth boundaries, regional planning, and the New Urbanism; looks at what can be done to improve and counterbalance sprawl. The author argues that whether we like it or not, sprawl is here to stay, and only by understanding where it came from and why it developed will we be able to successfully address the problems it has created and is likely to create in the future. "The limitless city" provides a realistic look at sprawl, with a frank recognition of its status as the predominant urban form in America, now and into the near future. Rather than railing against it, Gillham charts its probable future course while describing critical efforts that can be undertaken to improve the future of sprawl and our existing urban core areas.
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March 2002, Washington
March 2002, Washington
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Urban Theory
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This is a book about how information shapes the city : its sensory experience, its infrastructures anmd its placesé Urban data have become an integral part of public space, its discourses and controversies. Data generated either from the top-down by Open Government and Smart City initiatives, or from the bottom-up through citizen-led initiatives and civic protests. The(...)
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This is a book about how information shapes the city : its sensory experience, its infrastructures anmd its placesé Urban data have become an integral part of public space, its discourses and controversies. Data generated either from the top-down by Open Government and Smart City initiatives, or from the bottom-up through citizen-led initiatives and civic protests. The(...)
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Inscribing a square : urban data as public space
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This is a book about how information shapes the city : its sensory experience, its infrastructures anmd its placesé Urban data have become an integral part of public space, its discourses and controversies. Data generated either from the top-down by Open Government and Smart City initiatives, or from the bottom-up through citizen-led initiatives and civic protests. The book demonstrates how different groups work with urban information to make sens of their environment and how they employ this information to change the city.
Inscribing a square : urban data as public space
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This is a book about how information shapes the city : its sensory experience, its infrastructures anmd its placesé Urban data have become an integral part of public space, its discourses and controversies. Data generated either from the top-down by Open Government and Smart City initiatives, or from the bottom-up through citizen-led initiatives and civic protests. The book demonstrates how different groups work with urban information to make sens of their environment and how they employ this information to change the city.
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June 2012
June 2012
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This publication illustrates how structures can process information, make observations, and utilize tools to translate natural systems and create seamlessly integrated environments, from data-driven light installations, responsive sculptures, and performative materials, to smart highways, dynamic spaces, kinetic facades, and adaptive buildings. Ambitious projects from(...)
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This publication illustrates how structures can process information, make observations, and utilize tools to translate natural systems and create seamlessly integrated environments, from data-driven light installations, responsive sculptures, and performative materials, to smart highways, dynamic spaces, kinetic facades, and adaptive buildings. Ambitious projects from(...)
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Interactive architecture: adaptive world
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This publication illustrates how structures can process information, make observations, and utilize tools to translate natural systems and create seamlessly integrated environments, from data-driven light installations, responsive sculptures, and performative materials, to smart highways, dynamic spaces, kinetic facades, and adaptive buildings. Ambitious projects from around the world, including Abu Dhabi, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Sochi, and Zurich, are illuminated by photographs, diagrams, and renderings.
Interactive architecture: adaptive world
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This publication illustrates how structures can process information, make observations, and utilize tools to translate natural systems and create seamlessly integrated environments, from data-driven light installations, responsive sculptures, and performative materials, to smart highways, dynamic spaces, kinetic facades, and adaptive buildings. Ambitious projects from around the world, including Abu Dhabi, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Sochi, and Zurich, are illuminated by photographs, diagrams, and renderings.
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June 2016
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Contemporary Architecture
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''Who owns the land?'' is a central question because space is a resource as vital as air and water. Today, however, data ownership has become just as relevant as the question of land ownership in the context of urban planning. Technology companies are entering the field of architecture with algorithm-driven planning methods and massive investments in infrastructures and(...)
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''Who owns the land?'' is a central question because space is a resource as vital as air and water. Today, however, data ownership has become just as relevant as the question of land ownership in the context of urban planning. Technology companies are entering the field of architecture with algorithm-driven planning methods and massive investments in infrastructures and(...)
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Arch+, The property issue: Politics of space and data.
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''Who owns the land?'' is a central question because space is a resource as vital as air and water. Today, however, data ownership has become just as relevant as the question of land ownership in the context of urban planning. Technology companies are entering the field of architecture with algorithm-driven planning methods and massive investments in infrastructures and smart cities. In their technocratic vision, citizens become users, architecture becomes an instrument of statistics, and concepts such as the city and society become mere algorithmic assemblages. This issue, co-edited by ARCH+, Arno Brandlhuber, and Olaf Grawert of station+/ETH Zurich, discusses the politics of space and data; the real and virtual assets of the city of the future.
Arch+, The property issue: Politics of space and data.
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''Who owns the land?'' is a central question because space is a resource as vital as air and water. Today, however, data ownership has become just as relevant as the question of land ownership in the context of urban planning. Technology companies are entering the field of architecture with algorithm-driven planning methods and massive investments in infrastructures and smart cities. In their technocratic vision, citizens become users, architecture becomes an instrument of statistics, and concepts such as the city and society become mere algorithmic assemblages. This issue, co-edited by ARCH+, Arno Brandlhuber, and Olaf Grawert of station+/ETH Zurich, discusses the politics of space and data; the real and virtual assets of the city of the future.
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Pour André Lortie, les principes de l’urbanisme ne parviennent pas à résoudre la contradiction entre l’agencement des territoires et les enjeux actuels de protection de l’environnement et de développement soutenable. Afin de comprendre l’origine et les conséquences de cette disjonction, l’auteur explique comment l’urbanisme, dès son origine, a contribué au contrôle de la(...)
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Pour André Lortie, les principes de l’urbanisme ne parviennent pas à résoudre la contradiction entre l’agencement des territoires et les enjeux actuels de protection de l’environnement et de développement soutenable. Afin de comprendre l’origine et les conséquences de cette disjonction, l’auteur explique comment l’urbanisme, dès son origine, a contribué au contrôle de la(...)
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De quoi l'urbanisme est-il le projet ?
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Pour André Lortie, les principes de l’urbanisme ne parviennent pas à résoudre la contradiction entre l’agencement des territoires et les enjeux actuels de protection de l’environnement et de développement soutenable. Afin de comprendre l’origine et les conséquences de cette disjonction, l’auteur explique comment l’urbanisme, dès son origine, a contribué au contrôle de la société industrielle tout en intensifiant ses fonctions de production et de consommation. Il termine par une série d’orientations et de propositions aptes à échapper à ce déterminisme industrialiste et à sa nouvelle phase annoncée de la smart city.
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Pour André Lortie, les principes de l’urbanisme ne parviennent pas à résoudre la contradiction entre l’agencement des territoires et les enjeux actuels de protection de l’environnement et de développement soutenable. Afin de comprendre l’origine et les conséquences de cette disjonction, l’auteur explique comment l’urbanisme, dès son origine, a contribué au contrôle de la société industrielle tout en intensifiant ses fonctions de production et de consommation. Il termine par une série d’orientations et de propositions aptes à échapper à ce déterminisme industrialiste et à sa nouvelle phase annoncée de la smart city.
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August 2023
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Ce livre est né d’une interrogation : les villes nouvelles des années 1960-1970 sont-elles toujours un concept pertinent? Elles sont réputées « nées dans les champs de betteraves », alors qu’il n’y en a plus dans les métropoles! L’actuelle urbanisation en modifie radicalement la donne. Le projet anglais de Milton Keynes, lancé en 1970 au nord de Londres, a été le(...)
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Ce livre est né d’une interrogation : les villes nouvelles des années 1960-1970 sont-elles toujours un concept pertinent? Elles sont réputées « nées dans les champs de betteraves », alors qu’il n’y en a plus dans les métropoles! L’actuelle urbanisation en modifie radicalement la donne. Le projet anglais de Milton Keynes, lancé en 1970 au nord de Londres, a été le(...)
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La success-story de Milton Keynes : Un avenir métapolitain pour les villes nouvelles ?
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Ce livre est né d’une interrogation : les villes nouvelles des années 1960-1970 sont-elles toujours un concept pertinent? Elles sont réputées « nées dans les champs de betteraves », alors qu’il n’y en a plus dans les métropoles! L’actuelle urbanisation en modifie radicalement la donne. Le projet anglais de Milton Keynes, lancé en 1970 au nord de Londres, a été le prototype d’une nouvelle vision aux grandes ambitions. Et celle-ci est devenue par son succès «la» cinquantenaire exemplaire. Le résultat est une «smart city» avant l’heure et écologique, de surcroît. Son succès multiforme, démographique, économique et scientifique, en fait le barycentre de l’écosystème universitaire et économiquement constitué avec ses prestigieuses voisines d’Oxbridge.
La success-story de Milton Keynes : Un avenir métapolitain pour les villes nouvelles ?
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Ce livre est né d’une interrogation : les villes nouvelles des années 1960-1970 sont-elles toujours un concept pertinent? Elles sont réputées « nées dans les champs de betteraves », alors qu’il n’y en a plus dans les métropoles! L’actuelle urbanisation en modifie radicalement la donne. Le projet anglais de Milton Keynes, lancé en 1970 au nord de Londres, a été le prototype d’une nouvelle vision aux grandes ambitions. Et celle-ci est devenue par son succès «la» cinquantenaire exemplaire. Le résultat est une «smart city» avant l’heure et écologique, de surcroît. Son succès multiforme, démographique, économique et scientifique, en fait le barycentre de l’écosystème universitaire et économiquement constitué avec ses prestigieuses voisines d’Oxbridge.
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March 2023
March 2023
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Urban Theory
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