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"required reading for every student who intends to go anywhere near the subject."
- The Architect's Journal, July 2004
" .a true work of urban design, in that it focuses on the connection between form of cities and their architecture . brings a European vision to the topic."
- Landscape Architect & Specifier News, August 2004
- The Architect's Journal, July 2004
" .a true work of urban design, in that it focuses on the connection between form of cities and their architecture . brings a European vision to the topic."
- Landscape Architect & Specifier News, August 2004
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This popular and influential work, translated here into English for the first time, argues that modern urbanism has upset the morphology of cities, abolished their streets and isolated their buildings. In tracing the stages of this transformation, this book presents the view that the urban tissue, the intermediate scale between the architecture of buildings and the diagrammatic layouts of town planning, is the essential framework for everyday life. Only by investigating the urban tissue will it be possible to understand the complex relationships between plot and built form, between streets and buildings and between these forms and design practices.
The chosen trail of the first French edition - Paris, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt - is one of continuously evolving modernity. It outlines a history, which, in one century (1860-1960), completely changed the aspect of our towns and cities and transformed our way of life. The shock has been such that we are still looking for answers, still attempting to find urban forms that can accommodate present day ways of life and at the same time maintain the qualities of the traditional town.
This English edition brings the story forward to the present day and considers the impact of the New Urbanism in the United States, which, over the last decade, has sought to re-establish former relationships within the urban tissue.
* Internationally influential and highly respected French urban design theory translated into English for the first time
* Both students and lecturers, of architecture and urban design, will find the theories and case studies informative and thought provoking
* Features new up to date chapter focusing on US and New Urbanism
The chosen trail of the first French edition - Paris, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt - is one of continuously evolving modernity. It outlines a history, which, in one century (1860-1960), completely changed the aspect of our towns and cities and transformed our way of life. The shock has been such that we are still looking for answers, still attempting to find urban forms that can accommodate present day ways of life and at the same time maintain the qualities of the traditional town.
This English edition brings the story forward to the present day and considers the impact of the New Urbanism in the United States, which, over the last decade, has sought to re-establish former relationships within the urban tissue.
* Internationally influential and highly respected French urban design theory translated into English for the first time
* Both students and lecturers, of architecture and urban design, will find the theories and case studies informative and thought provoking
* Features new up to date chapter focusing on US and New Urbanism
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Important text, but not reader-friendly
10 Jan 2007
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The material covered by this book is crucial to the understanding of modern urban forms, and the text covers the transformation of cities in detail. The content is often theoretical and abstract, a situation made more difficult by the fact that this is a translation from French. It is not an ideal translation - some of the writing is clumsy and difficult to parse. The use of illustrations, maps, and photos is sporadic, and the text does not reference the figures at all. An improved edition would use more maps and diagrams to illustrate ideas presented in the text.
On the whole, a must-read for anyone interested in the urban planning, but could use some improvement.
On the whole, a must-read for anyone interested in the urban planning, but could use some improvement.
URBAN FORMS. PHILLIPE PANERAI
29 Nov 2011
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Estimados AMAZON: Gracias por hacerme accesible este texto. Si bien es una tirada economica, permanecen las bondades de tiradas anteriores de mayor precio y hoy, además; agotadas..
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