Foundations of urban design

The book is structured into twenty-nine essays, each dedicated to a pair of urbanistic concepts. Discussing historical and contemporary, interpretive and designerly approaches to urbanity, the notions composing the 29 pairs relate dialectically, as theses-and-antitheses. Still, we are warned, ‘the p...

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Other Authors: Smets, Marcel, 1947- autor (autor), Altenmüller, Heinrich, il·lustrador (illustrador)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; Barcelona : Belgium : Actar Publishers september 2022
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009712136306719
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Summary:The book is structured into twenty-nine essays, each dedicated to a pair of urbanistic concepts. Discussing historical and contemporary, interpretive and designerly approaches to urbanity, the notions composing the 29 pairs relate dialectically, as theses-and-antitheses. Still, we are warned, ‘the presented antagonisms are not a priori in opposition, but rather complementary.
Physical Description:143 pàgines : il·lustracions, plànols ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781638400332