Touching the city thoughts on urban scale

Scale in cities is relative and absolute. It has the ability to make us feel at home in the world or alien from it; connected or disconnected. Both large and small scale in cities can be beautiful; both are right, neither is wrong. Whilst accepting that prescription is no answer, ''getting...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Makower, Timothy, author (author), Allen, Tessa, editor (editor), Lezama, Calver, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, England : Wiley 2014.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:AD primers.
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Sumario:Scale in cities is relative and absolute. It has the ability to make us feel at home in the world or alien from it; connected or disconnected. Both large and small scale in cities can be beautiful; both are right, neither is wrong. Whilst accepting that prescription is no answer, ''getting the scale right'' - at an intuitive and sensual level - is a fundamental part of the magic of architecture and urban design. Touching the City explores how scale is manifested in cities, exploring scale in buildings, in the space between them and in their details. It asks how scale makes a difference. Travel
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (221 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781118737699
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