Main entry:

Kriken, John Lund, 1938-

Title & Author:

City building : nine planning principles for the twenty-first century / John Lund Kriken with Philip Enquist and Richard Rapaport.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2010.

Description:

xi, 260 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. An introduction to city building : The millennial city -- The missing elements of city design -- A brief (and personal) history of urban design theory and practice -- The role of design in today's city building -- Part II. Nine principles for the twenty-first century city building : Sustainability: committing to an environmental ethic : Creating a framework for sustainable settlement ; Choosing the right future ; Expanding a city/sustaining green ; Guiding a nation to a post-petroleum future -- Accessibility: facilitating ease of movement : Locating corridors to preserve a downtown ; Creating essential access to a major development ; Planning for ferry transit ; Learning from mistakes: mixed-access streets versus transit malls ; Unblocking movement ; Restoring access, reversing vacancy and decline -- Diversity: maintaining variety and choice : Bringing diversity to the capitol ; Designing diversity into city expansion ; Creating variety within uniform residential regulations ; Identifying the special qualities of a place ; Building-in diversity -- Open space: regenerating natural systems to make cities green : Greening the world's densest city ; Unpaving a river ; Topping off the Burnham Plan with a green roof ; Developing a public greenbelt and shoreline -- Compatibility: maintaining harmony and balance : Protecting heritage while creating identity ; Protecting heritage while managing density ; Retaining a rural landscape ; Reviving block patterns and building types -- Incentives: renewing declining cities/rebuilding brownfields : Restoring a river (and regenerating a city) ; Rebuilding downtowns in a suburban context: good intentions get snagged ; Incentivizing a brownfield -- Adaptability: Facilitating "wholeness" and positive change : planning for continuous change ; Guiding and anticipating growth with principles ; Recovering a diamond in the rust (belt) ; Fitting inside with outside ; Working toward a flexible campus -- Density: Designing compact cities with appropriate transit : Using brown, saving green: urban density for regional renewal ; Accepting density and height ; Taking advantage of existing infrastructure -- Identity: creating/preserving a unique and memorable sense of place : Developing identity in response to climate ; Responding to climate and culture ; Harnessing the potential of the waterfront -- Part III. The city of the future/The future of the city : The city is the solution (not the problem) -- A new urban model -- A developmental Moore's law -- Learning from Asia -- The need for a framework for settlement -- Refocusing planning theory and practice -- Rethinking single-purpose design education and problem solving -- A call for national plans -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"Cities are often viewed as the least-healthy environments for humans because they are centers of pollution, overcrowdedness, and waste. But the opposite can be true. A well-planned city can be a model of sustainable living. Good city building counters the sprawl of suburbia with concentrated land use, replaces globalized design with regionally appropriate building types, and allows for livable, desirable neighborhoods. John Lund Kriken and Philip Enquist, both longtime partners in the preeminent and award-winning planning firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill(SOM) have collaborated with writer Richard Rapaport to create City Building. This proactive, green-focused, user-friendly guide to city building is organized into three parts: Part one examines the past and defines the current practice of city building, addressing its shortcomings and proposing a comprehensive framework for rethinking the approach to cities in the future. Part two translates this framework into nine best-practice principles that are common to successful, livable, urban environments: sustainability, accessibility, diversity, open space, compatibility, incentives, adaptability, density, and identity. These principles are illustrated in a global portfolio of city building projects, designed by SOM, that show how best practices have been applied successfully. Part three makes the case that, far from being the problem, cities, properly organized, can be a mechanism for sensible, sustainable uses of increasingly scarce resources. The book concludes with a call for a national planning process and a comprehensive framework for settlement."--Cover.

ISBN:

9781568988818 (alk. paper)
1568988818 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
City planning Philosophy History 21st century.
City planning Philosophy

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Enquist, Philip (Philip Jerome), 1952-
Rapaport, Richard.

Nine planning principles for the twenty-first century

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266404
Call No.: BIB 198206
Status: Available