Urban Design Downtown - Poetics and Politics of Form (Hardcover, New)

The corporate downtown, with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions, is the focus of this well-illustrated volume. How are downtown projects conceived, scripted, produced, packaged, and used, and how has all this changed during the twentieth century? The authors of "Urban Design Downtown" offer a critical appraisal of the emerging appearance of downtown urban form. They explore both the poetics of design and the politics and economics of development decisions. Following a historical review of the various phases of downtown transformation, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Tridib Banerjee turn to contemporary American downtowns. They examine the phenomenon of public-space privatization, arguing that corporate open spaces are the consumer-oriented result of policies that have promoted downtown renovation and restructuring but at the same time have neglected the cities' existing poverty-stricken cores. The book's case studies of individual West Coast downtown projects capture the essence of late twentieth-century urbanism. This analysis of downtown urban America, which offers extensive insight into the design and development process, will interest architects, city planners, developers, and urban designers everywhere.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1998
First published:	1999
Authors:	Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris • Tridib Banerjee
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	382
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-20930-5
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-20930-3
Barcode:	9780520209305

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