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Value in the View - Conserving Historic Urban Views (Paperback)
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Value in the View - Conserving Historic Urban Views (Paperback)
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All over the world, cities are facing growing pressure to develop
upwards with tall buildings that have a direct impact upon their
visual character. In reaction, systems of view protection have been
developed to conserve the familiar visual experience of cities.
Such developments, and the effectiveness of systems of view
protection, continue to be both politically and financially risky
for developers, architects, planners and politicians alike.
Controversy highlights the lack of both a scholarly and practical
understanding of the ideas that underpin view protection policy -
where did they originate? What do they mean? How do they work? And
what are their consequences? Value in the View: Conserving Historic
Urban Views presents readers with a comprehensive study of the
ideas and philosophies at work in policies of view protection. The
power of UNESCO's policy of view protection is investigated through
six studies of contemporary cities (London, Dresden, St Petersburg,
Istanbul and Vancouver). With the idea of 'the view' at its core,
this book examines how dominant international ideas of heritage are
constructed, maintained and reinforced, and explores how they exert
power over the urban and architectural form of contemporary cities.
It's a highly engaging guide that will aid practitioners in the
implementation of policy and design of development within historic
urban contexts, as well as contributing to scholarly debate on the
protection of views in architecture and planning.
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