The Urban Pattern

Author : Arthur B. Gallion,Simon Eisner
Publisher : Princeton, N.J. : Van Nostrand
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : City Planning
ISBN : UOM:39015027865354

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The Urban Pattern by Arthur B. Gallion,Simon Eisner Pdf

"With the same basic philosophy so well received in the first edition, this second edition gives new and added emphasis to the planning function. The revisions are highlighted with an excellent selection of new photographs, and the new census figures are reflected in the presentation. The material in the second edition is considerably more concise and consolidated. New chapters include such important topics as urban renewal and development, new towns, and urban planning as a government function. Features: 1. A wealth of carefully chosen illustrations with extensive and informative captions. 2. A text arrangement that is flexible and adaptable to various academic levels. 3. Arrangement of the book into parts in a manner that permits individual subject treatment. 4. Wide scope and applicability to a variety of fields as a text or reference work. 5. Discussion of contemporary trends in city planning, both in general and in the most important details, with desirable patterns indicated. Although designed to serve as a text and reference book for the student of city growth and planning, the book will also be of special value to professionals. Because of its special chapter and section arrangement, it may be used in a variety of courses in allied fields. It will serve to systematize instruction in the planning field given through departments of architecture, civil engineering, business administration, political science, economics, sociology, and geography. Prerequisites vary according to the level for which the book is used. The authors are indebted to the many who have contributed to the rich sources of information and ideas upon which this book has drawn. We record our sincere gratitude to those who have been quoted and to those from whom illustrations have been obtained." --

Author : Simon Eisner,Arthur Gallion,Stanley Eisner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993-04-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0471284289

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The Urban Pattern by Simon Eisner,Arthur Gallion,Stanley Eisner Pdf

For more than forty years this text has been educating students about the history of city planning and its contemporary practice. The sixth edition brings students up-to-date with new coverage of computer modeling, the new exurbia and megalopolis, seismic issues, hazardous waste, development vs. no growth, environmental concerns, and participatory planning.

Author : Christopher Alexander
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780190050351

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A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander Pdf

You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope replace existing ideas and practices entirely." The three books are The Timeless Way of Building, The Oregon Experiment, and this book, A Pattern Language. At the core of these books is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies a radical transformation of the architectural profession) but it comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but by the people. At the core of the books, too, is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain "languages," which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate an infinite variety of designs within a forma system which gives them coherence. This book provides a language of this kind. It will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environment. "Patterns," the units of this language, are answers to design problems (How high should a window sill be? How many stories should a building have? How much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees?). More than 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution. As the authors say in their introduction, many of the patterns are archetypal, so deeply rooted in the nature of things that it seemly likely that they will be a part of human nature, and human action, as much in five hundred years as they are today.

Author : Wendy Chow
Publisher : Blue Star Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781950968428

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Urban Quilting by Wendy Chow Pdf

Perfect for beginners, this quilting book features simple illustrations and easy-to-follow steps that teach you how to make up to 30 beautiful quilts in a short amount of time! A comprehensive guide for both first-time quilters and those looking for a refresher course, Urban Quilting teaches you everything you need to know about this timeless craft. Each pattern contains instructions for three different quilt sizes, with designs that feature bold colors and geometric shapes that will stand out and look stunning in your home. Urban Quilting includes: 10 quilt designs, each with patterns for 3 sizes, for making up to 30 quilts Beginner-friendly content, including everything you need to know to get started Detailed instructions with clear diagrams so you can learn quickly and easily Insightful information on the history of quilting and how today's quilters are modernizing the craft

Author : Stanley D. Brunn,Donald J. Zeigler,Maureen Hays-Mitchell,Jessica K. Graybill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781538126356

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Cities of the World by Stanley D. Brunn,Donald J. Zeigler,Maureen Hays-Mitchell,Jessica K. Graybill Pdf

Remarkably, more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, and the numbers grow daily as people abandon rural areas. This fully updated and revised seventh edition of the classic text offers readers a comprehensive set of tools for understanding the urban landscape, and, by extension, the world's politics, cultures, and economies. Providing a sweeping overview of world urban geography, noted experts explore the eleven major global regions. Each regional chapter considers urban history, economy, culture, and environment, as well as urban spatial models and problems and prospects. Each begins with two facing pages: a regional map that shows the major cities and a table of basic statistical information about cities and urbanization in each region and a list of ten salient points about that region’s urban experience. Chapters conclude with a list of references, including films and webpages, which can be used by the student and instructor for additional information about specific cities. This edition adds the important new themes of climate change and migration, while continuing to focus specifically on sustainability, water, technology, social and environmental justice, security and conflict, the history of urban settlement, urban planning trends, and daily life. Vignettes of key cities give the reader a vivid understanding of daily life and the "spirit of place." The opening chapter presents an overview of key terms and concepts and explores contemporary world urbanization, and a concluding chapter projects the world's urban future. Liberally illustrated in full color with a new selection of photographs, maps, and diagrams, the text also includes a rich array of textboxes to highlight key topics ranging from migration and immigration to LBGTQ activism, human security, and climate change. Clearly written and timely, Cities of the World will be invaluable for those teaching introductory or advanced classes on global cities, regional geography, the developing world, and urban studies.

Author : Spiro Kostof
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 0500280991

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The City Shaped by Spiro Kostof Pdf

The book is about the universal phenomenon of citymaking seen in a historical perspective - how and why cities took the shape they did. It focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as a diagram, the grand manner, and the skyline - and moves through time and place to interpret the hidden order inscribed in urban patterns.

Author : Arthur B. Gallion,Simon Eisner
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015010991381

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The Urban Pattern by Arthur B. Gallion,Simon Eisner Pdf

Author : Philip Kivell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134882038

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Land and the City by Philip Kivell Pdf

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Arthur Banta Gallion (Architect, Town planner, United States),Simon Eisner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:633078523

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The Urban Pattern by Arthur Banta Gallion (Architect, Town planner, United States),Simon Eisner Pdf

Author : Kevin Lynch
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1964-06-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0262620014

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The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch Pdf

The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion—imageability—and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.

Author : Douglas Farr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118415351

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Sustainable Nation by Douglas Farr Pdf

PROSE Award Finalist 2019 Association of American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence As a follow up to his widely acclaimed Sustainable Urbanism, this new book from author Douglas Farr embraces the idea that the humanitarian, population, and climate crises are three facets of one interrelated human existential challenge, one with impossibly short deadlines. The vision of Sustainable Nation is to accelerate the pace of progress of human civilization to create an equitable and sustainable world. The core strategy of Sustainable Nation is the perfection of the design and governance of all neighborhoods to make them unique exemplars of community and sustainability. The tools to achieve this vision are more than 70 patterns for rebellious change written by industry leaders of thought and practice. Each pattern represents an aspirational, future-oriented ideal for a key aspect of a neighborhood. At once an urgent call to action and a guidebook for change, Sustainable Nation is an essential resource for urban designers, planners, and architects.

Author : Christopher Alexander
Publisher : Center for Environmental Struc
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9780195037531

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A New Theory of Urban Design by Christopher Alexander Pdf

The venerable cities of the past, such as Venice or Amsterdam, convey a feeling of wholeness, an organic unity that surfaces in every detail, large and small, in restaurants, shops, public gardens, even in balconies and ornaments. But this sense of wholeness is lacking in modern urban design, with architects absorbed in problems of individual structures, and city planners preoccupied with local ordinances, it is almost impossible to achieve. In this groundbreaking volume, architect and planner Christopher Alexander presents a new theory of urban design which attempts to recapture the process by which cities develop organically. To discover the kinds of laws needed to create a growing whole in a city, Alexander proposes here a preliminary set of seven rules which embody the process at a practical level and which are consistent with the day-to-day demands of urban development. He then puts these rules to the test, setting out with a number of his graduate students to simulate the urban redesign of a high-density part of San Francisco, initiating a project that encompassed some ninety different design problems, including warehouses, hotels, fishing piers, a music hall, and a public square. This extensive experiment is documented project by project, with detailed discussion of how each project satisfied the seven rules, accompanied by floorplans, elevations, street grids, axonometric diagrams and photographs of the scaled-down model which clearly illustrate the discussion. A New Theory of Urban Design provides an entirely new theoretical framework for the discussion of urban problems, one that goes far to remedy the defects which cities have today.

Author : Arthur B. Gallion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1124006094

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The Urban Pattern by Arthur B. Gallion Pdf

Author : Ray Gindroz,Urban Design Associates
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0393731065

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Urban Design Handbook by Ray Gindroz,Urban Design Associates Pdf

Based on Urban Design Associates’ in-house training procedures, this unique handbook details the techniques and working methods of a major urban design and planning firm. Covering the process from basic principles to developed designs, the book outlines the range of project types and services that urban designers can offer and sets out a set of general operating guidelines and procedures for: Developing a master plan, including techniques for engaging citizens in the design process and technical analysis to evaluate the physical form of the neighborhood, centered on a design charrette with public participation; Preparing a pattern book to guide residential construction in a new traditional town, including the documentation of architectural and urban precedents in a form that can be used by architects and builders; Implementing contextual architectural design, including methods of applying the essential qualities of traditional architecture in many styles to modern programs and construction techniques. This invaluable guide offers an introductory course in urbanism as well as an operations manual for architects, planners, developers, and public officials.

Author : Arthur B. Gallion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : City planning
ISBN : OCLC:959783623

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The Urban Pattern by Arthur B. Gallion Pdf