Better by Design? Architecture, Urban Planning, and the Good City

Better by Design? Architecture, Urban Planning, and the Good City

This book explores the intellectual roots of the design professions, showing how architects, planners, and other designers have traditionally interpreted their roles and implemented their ideas in cities across North America and the UK. Drawing on his long record of research and award-winning public...

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Main Author: https://doi.org/10.21061/better-by-design (auth)
Other Authors: Knox, Paul L. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Virginia Tech Publishing 2020
Subjects:
AM
AMA
AMD
AMX
AMC
Design
Urban Planning
Architecture
Online Access:DOAB: description of the publication
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Summary:This book explores the intellectual roots of the design professions, showing how architects, planners, and other designers have traditionally interpreted their roles and implemented their ideas in cities across North America and the UK. Drawing on his long record of research and award-winning publications on the social production of the built environment, Paul Knox offers a critical appraisal of their ultimate effectiveness in achieving the goal of creating and sustaining good cities.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (320 p.)
ISBN:/doi.org/10.21061/better-by-design
9781949373325;
9781949373318
Access:Open Access

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