Common place : toward neighborhood and regional design / Douglas Kelbaugh.

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Kelbaugh, Doug.

Title & Author:

Common place : toward neighborhood and regional design / Douglas Kelbaugh.

Publication:

Description:

x, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-328) and index.
Foreword / Norman B. Rice -- pt. I. Theory. Ch. 1. Paved with Good Intentions. Ch. 2. Critical Regionalism. Ch. 3. Typology. Ch. 4. The New Urbanism -- pt. II. Design. Ch. 5. Center City. Ch. 6. Urban Neighborhood. Ch. 7. Suburb. Ch. 8. Small Town. Ch. 9. New Town -- pt. III. Policy. Ch. 10. What We Should Do A.S.A.P. -- App. A. Organizing a Design Charrette.

Summary:

Common Place is about how we can develop community and create convivial and sustainable places in the face of disjointed and fast-placed growth. It offers strategies for reclaiming and improving our neighborhoods and cities, which today are increasingly dominated by fear and disintegration and the automobile. Douglas Kelbaugh offers here a personal, passionate statement of how architecture and urban design can enrich our lives. At the heart of the book are summaries of eight design workshops, or charrettes, each consisting of five days of brainstorming by university students, community leaders, and design professionals. The charrettes apply design concepts to real problems such as housing, transportation, and suburban sprawl. Thousands of hours of creative effort have produced a blueprint for the Seattle region that is pertinent to other regions.
Bridging academic theory and on-the-ground practice, Common Place is an indispensable book for designers, planners, city officials, developers, environmentalists, and citizens interested in understanding and shaping the American metropolis.

ISBN:

0295975903 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780295975900 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Planned communities Washington (State) Seattle Region.
Collectivités nouvelles Washington (État) Seattle, Région de.
Planned communities.
Washington (State) Seattle Region.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 193271
Call No.: ID HT169.57.U62 S45; ID:97-B4321
Status: Available

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