Main entry:

Dunham-Jones, Ellen, 1959- author.

Title & Author:

Retrofitting suburbia : urban design solutions for redesigning suburbs / Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson.

Edition:

Updated edition.

Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2011]
©2011

Description:

xxxii, 256 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 21 x 23 cm

Notes:
Foreword by Richard Florida.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and index.
Instant architecture, instant cities, and incremental metropolitanism -- Retrofitting garden apartments and residential subdivisions to address density and the new demographics -- Residential case study : changes to "Levittown" -- Retrofitting social life along commercial strips -- Strips case study : Mashpee Commons, Cape Cod, Massachusetts -- From regional malls to new downtowns through mixed-use and public space -- Mall case study : Cottonwood, Holladay, Utah -- Mall case study : Blemar, Lakewood, Colorado -- Edge City infill : improving walkability and interconnectivity -- Edge City case study : downtown Kendall/Dadeland, Miami-Dade County, Florida -- Suburban office and industrial park retrofits to recruit the creative class -- Office park case study : University Town Center, Prince George's County, Maryland.

Summary:

"With a new update introduction, this is a comprehensive guidebook for architects, planners, urban designers, and developers that illustrates how existing suburbs can be redesigned and redeveloped. The authors, both architects and noted experts on the subject, shows how development in existing suburbs can absorb new growth and evolve in relation to changed demographic, technological, and economic conditions. The book documents innovative case studies of prototypical American suburban developments (malls, commercial strips, office parks, cul-de-sac subdivisions) that have been retrofitted to new uses and forms. It offers hands-on lessons for architects and urban planners interested in sustainability and smart growth to redesign suburbs as alternatives to the norms of sprawl"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0470934328 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780470934326 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
(ebk)
9781118027677
(ebk)
1118027671
(ebk)
9781118027684
(ebk)
111802768X
(ebk)
9781118027691
(ebk)
1118027698

Subject:

Suburbs United States Planning.
Sustainable development United States.
Développement durable États-Unis.
ARCHITECTURE Urban & Land Use Planning.
Society.
Suburbs Planning.
Sustainable development.
City planning United States.
United States.

Added entries:

Williamson, June, author.
Williamson, June
Florida, Richard L.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277882
Call No.: BIB 212985
Status: Available