Main entry:

Trancik, Roger, 1943-

Title & Author:

Finding lost space : theories of urban design / Roger Trancik.

Publication:

New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1986.

Description:

ix, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index.
1. What is lost space? The problem of urban design today ; Lost space defined ; The causes ; Redesigning lost space -- 2. Development of twentieth-century space: Functionalism ; The functionalist grid ; Critical reactions ; Physical manifestations -- 3. Urban space precedents: Hard space ; Soft space -- 4. Three theories of urban spatial design: Figure-ground theory ; Linkage theory ; Place theory -- 5. Case studies: Introduction ; Case study 1: Boston, Massachusetts ; Case study 2: Washington, D.C. ; Case study 3: Göteborg, Sweden ; Case study 4: Byker, Newcastle, England -- 6. Toward an integrated approach to urban design: Principles ; The designer's role ; The design process ; Toward the year 2000.
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Summary:

Traces leading urban spatial design theories that have emerged over the past eighty years: the principles of Sitte and Howard; the impact of and reactions to the Functionalist movement; and designs developed by Team 10, Robert Venturi, the Krier brothers, and Fumihiko Maki.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0442283997 (pbk.)
9780442283995 (pbk.)

Subject:

City planning Philosophy.
Space (Architecture) Philosophy.
Urbanisme Philosophie.
Espace (Architecture) Philosophie.
Raum
Städtebau
Stadsplanning.
Ruimte (algemeen)
Theorieën.
Space (Architecture)
Town planning Spatial aspects

Holdings:

Location: Library main 90847
Call No.: ID:86-B17920
Status: Available