Design First: Design-based Planning for Communities
Publisher: Architectural Press
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-06-17
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0750659343
ISBN-13: 9780750659345
Features: * Focus and emphasis on planning by 3-D design * Clear and practical presentation of how communities can improve their town planning processes * Case studies illustrate the practice and implementation of ideas Well-grounded in the history and theory of Anglo-American urbanism, this illustrated textbook sets out objectives, policies and design principles for planning new communities and redeveloping existing urban neighborhoods. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explain how better plans (and consequently better places) can be created by applying the three...