Condoland

Author : James T. White,John Punter
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780774868419

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Condoland by James T. White,John Punter Pdf

Condoland casts CityPlace – a massive residential development of more than thirty condominium towers just outside Toronto’s downtown core – as a microcosm of twenty-first-century urban intensification. Built almost entirely by a single private developer, this immense neighbourhood took decades to plan, design, and develop, but the end result lacks a sense of place and is not widely accessible to those who need homes: only a small number of its 13,000 units constitute affordable housing, and public amenities are limited. In this richly illustrated volume, James T. White and John Punter reveal the stories behind the design, architecture, and planning of CityPlace. They also consider the tools used to shape Toronto’s built environment and critically assess the underlying political economy of planning and real estate development in the city. Condoland raises key questions about the long-term sustainability and resilience of Canadian cities that acquiesce to the rapacious development industry.

Author : Norman Ross
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781435717749

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Pater Noster in Condoland by Norman Ross Pdf

A book of my blogs almost daily from January 1 to May 2008. A journal of events in my condo and in my life.

Author : Norman Ross
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780557034260

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Pater Noster in Condoland Vol. III by Norman Ross by Norman Ross Pdf

A collection of blogs from May 2008 to September 2008 describing the daily condo life of the author and including analysis and discussions of events in the election year.

Author : James T. White,John Punter
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0774868392

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Condoland by James T. White,John Punter Pdf

Condoland casts CityPlace - a massive residential development of more than thirty condominium towers just outside Toronto's downtown core - as a microcosm of twenty-first-century urban intensification. Built almost entirely by a single private developer, this immense neighbourhood took decades to plan, design, and develop, but the end result lacks a sense of place and is not widely accessible to those who need homes: only a small number of its 13,000 units constitute affordable housing, and public amenities are limited. In this richly illustrated volume, James T. White and John Punter reveal the stories behind the design, architecture, and planning of CityPlace. They also consider the tools used to shape Toronto's built environment and critically assess the underlying political economy of planning and real estate development in the city. Condoland raises key questions about the long-term sustainability and resilience of Canadian cities that acquiesce to the rapacious development industry.

Author : James T. White,John Punter
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0774868406

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Condoland by James T. White,John Punter Pdf

Condoland casts CityPlace – a massive residential development of more than thirty condominium towers just outside Toronto’s downtown core – as a microcosm of twenty-first-century urban intensification. Built almost entirely by a single private developer, this immense neighbourhood took decades to plan, design, and develop, but the end result lacks a sense of place and is not widely accessible to those who need homes: only a small number of its 13,000 units constitute affordable housing, and public amenities are limited. In this richly illustrated volume, James T. White and John Punter reveal the stories behind the design, architecture, and planning of CityPlace. They also consider the tools used to shape Toronto’s built environment and critically assess the underlying political economy of planning and real estate development in the city. Condoland raises key questions about the long-term sustainability and resilience of Canadian cities that acquiesce to the rapacious development industry.

Author : Courtney A. Haff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Real property
ISBN : WISC:89090429788

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Land Market Understanding is the Basis for Smart Change by Courtney A. Haff Pdf

Author : Randy K. Lippert
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774860383

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Condo Conquest by Randy K. Lippert Pdf

When condominiums first emerged in North American cities in the 1960s, they were a new kind of housing governed by boards of resident owners volunteering in a community. Condo Conquest shows how the condo and its inner governance have since become something else entirely, taken over – or conquered – by an assemblage of commercial interests specializing in condo law, real estate, security, and property management, as well as growing numbers of non-resident investors. Drawing on the accounts of residents and board directors in Toronto and New York and myriad other sources, Randy Lippert reveals how a growing reliance on commodified technologies, emergent forms of knowledge, and the exploitation of renters are threatening the condo’s future and undermining the integrity of urban communities.

Author : Francis T. Marchese
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319151533

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Media Art and the Urban Environment by Francis T. Marchese Pdf

This text formally appraises the innovative ways new media artists engage urban ecology. Highlighting the role of artists as agents of technological change, the work reviews new modes of seeing, representing and connecting within the urban setting. The book describes how technology can be exploited in order to create artworks that transcend the technology’s original purpose, thus expanding the language of environmental engagement whilst also demonstrating a clear understanding of the societal issues and values being addressed. Features: assesses how data from smart cities may be used to create artworks that can recast residents’ understanding of urban space; examines transformations of urban space through the reimagining of urban information; discusses the engagement of urban residents with street art, including collaborative community art projects and public digital media installations; presents perspectives from a diverse range of practicing artists, architects, urban planners and critical theorists.

Author : Deborah Christie,Sarah Juliet Lauro
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780823234462

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Better Off Dead by Deborah Christie,Sarah Juliet Lauro Pdf

What has the zombie metaphor meant in the past? Why does it continue to be, so prevalent in our culture? This collection seeks to provide an archaeology of the zombietracing its lineage from Haiti, mapping its various cultural transformations, and suggesting the post-humanist direction in which the zombie is ultimately heading.

Author : Chase Twichell
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619321052

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Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been by Chase Twichell Pdf

Collecting the work of a poet whom Publishers Weekly called "a major voice in contemporary poetry."

Author : John Punter
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774859905

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The Vancouver Achievement by John Punter Pdf

This book examines the development of Vancouver’s unique approach to zoning, planning, and urban design from its inception in the early 1970s to its maturity in the management of urban change at the beginning of the twenty-first century. By the late 1990s, Vancouver had established a reputation in North America for its planning achievement, especially for its creation of a participative, responsive, and design-led approach to urban regeneration and redevelopment. This system has other important features: an innovative approach to megaproject planning, a system of cost and amenity levies on major schemes, a participative CityPlan process to underpin active neighbourhood planning, and a sophisticated panoply of design guidelines. These systems, processes, and their achievements place Vancouver at the forefront of international planning practice. The Vancouver Achievement explains the evolution and evaluates the outcomes of Vancouver’s unique system of discretionary zoning. The introductory chapters set the context for the study: they cover the invention and refinement of this system in the reform movement, its development of policies, guidelines, and control processes, and its translation into official development plans and neighbourhood design in the 1970s. Subsequent chapters focus upon the downtown, waterfront megaprojects, single-family neighbourhoods, the city-wide strategic planning programme (CityPlan), pressures for reform of control processes, and current downtown and inner city developments, especially issues of affordable housing, social exclusion, and multiple deprivation. The concluding chapter summarizes The Vancouver Achievement, explains the keys to its success, and evaluates its design success against internationally accepted criteria. Heavily illustrated with over 160 photos and figures, this book – the first comprehensive account of contemporary planning and urban design practice in any Canadian city – will appeal to academic and professional audiences, as well as the general public

Author : Larry Beasley
Publisher : On Point Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780774890335

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Vancouverism by Larry Beasley Pdf

Until the 1980s, Vancouver was a typical mid-sized North American city. But after the city hosted Expo 86, something extraordinary happened. This otherwise unremarkable urban centre was transformed into an inspiring world-class city celebrated for its livability, sustainability, and competitiveness. This book tells the story of the urban planning phenomenon called “Vancouverism” and the philosophy and practice behind it. Writing from an insider’s perspective, Larry Beasley, a former chief planner of Vancouver, traces the principles that inspired Vancouverism and the policy framework developed to implement it. A prologue, written by Frances Bula, outlines the political and urban history of Vancouver up until the 1980s. The text is also beautifully illustrated by the author with 200 colour photographs depicting not only the city’s vibrancy but also the principles of Vancouverism in action.

Author : Cathy Kenney
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1565297415

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Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows VisiRef by Cathy Kenney Pdf

Author : Marc Askew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134659852

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Bangkok by Marc Askew Pdf

Bangkok is one of Asia's most interesting, varied, controversial and challenging cities. It is a city of contradictions, both in its present and past. This unique book examines the development of the city from its earliest days as the seat of the Thai monarchy to its current position as an infamous contemporary metropolis. Adopting insights from anthropology, urban studies and human geography, this is a powerful account of the city and its dynamic spaces. Marc Askew examines the city's variety from the inner-city slums to the rural-urban fringe, and gives us a keen insight into the daily life of the city's inhabitants, be they middle-class suburbanites or sex workers.

Author : Walter Youngquist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Condominiums
ISBN : 0891934200

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Investing in Natural Resources by Walter Youngquist Pdf