Main entry:

Buras, Nir Haim, 1952- author.

Title & Author:

The art of classic planning : building beautiful and enduring communities / Nir Haim Buras.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.

Description:

xiv, 475 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: Frederick Law Olmstead and the sense of place -- Introduction : Creating a legacy of beauty -- How did we get here? -- The romantic modernist planning that gutted twentieth-century cities -- Modernist critique of modernist planning -- What now? -- Classic planning fundamentals -- Classic planning was always there -- Learning from what we have -- Urban form and your experience -- Classic planning applied -- Classic planning knowledge base -- Classic planning tools -- Designing a city -- Building a city -- A plan is a legacy, not a solution.

Summary:

Nearly everything we treasure in the world's most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Cities draw visitors because of their exquisite architecture, walkable neighborhoods, and human scale. Yet a great deal of the knowledge and practice behind successful city planning has been abandoned over the last hundred years--not because of traffic, population growth, or other practical hurdles, but because of ill-considered theories. An accomplished architect and urbanist goes back to the roots of what makes cities attractive and livable, demonstrating how we can restore function and beauty to our urban spaces for the long term.-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780674919242 (alk. paper)
0674919246

Subject:

City planning.
Civic improvement.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Villes Aménagement et assainissement.
Architecture 20e siècle.
civic improvement.
Urban design.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306616
Call No.: BIB 252168
Status: Available