Title & Author:

City levels / [editors, Ally Ireson and Nick Barley].

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser ; London : August, ©2000.

Description:

125 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
In the age of horizontalization / Ole Bouman -- Introduction / Ally Ireson -- South Bank Centre masterplan proposal / Rem Koolhaas -- The highest point / Jonathan Glancey. GLA project / Ole Scheeren and Henrik Rothe ; On the roof / Laura Houseley ; Up and away / Judy Price -- Elevated territories / Katherine Shonfield, Julian Williams. West River corridor / Reiser + Umemoto ; Martin Luther King memorial / O.C.E.A.N. -- Musee du Quai Branly / Rudy Riciotti & Pierre Lombard ; Moving up / Jes Fernie ; Two-tier stadium / Wiel Arets ; Two-tier city / Wiel Arets ; Iztacalco project / AT-103 ; Look up / Ken Garland ; Two cities / Chen Zhen -- The street / Lucy Bullivant. Drive-up apartment / Alberto Nicolau & Montse Dominguez ; Running track residence / DLM Architects ; Walking the grid / Jonathan Fortgang ; Wolfsburg Science Centre / Zaha Hadid ; Walking is reading / Eyal Weizman and Manuel Herz ; Schots Housing Projects / S333 -- Beneath ground / Angus Carlyle. Into dark space / Andrew Smith ; The tunnel / Margaret Morton ; Lasagne city / Kevin Rhowbotham.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This book examines the urban environment at different levels to discover what is happening, both culturally and architecturally, deep underground, at street level, and high overhead.

ISBN:

3764363150
9783764363154

Subject:

City planning.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Human factors.
City Planning
Urbanisme.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
urban planning.
Architecture, Modern.
Städtebau
Bauhöhe
Stedenbouw.
Bouwkunst.
Hoogbouw.
Ondergrondse bouwwerken.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Ireson, Ally.
Barley, Nick.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216059
Call No.: NA9053.S6 C5 2000
Status: Available