Urban spaces : plazas, squares and streetscapes / Chris van Uffelen ; editorial staff Nicole Kurz, Maike Müller, Lisa Rogers ; graphic concept Tom Wibberenz.

By: Uffelen, Chris van [author.]Contributor(s): Kurz, Nicole [editor.] | Müller, Maike [editor.] | Rogers, Lisa [editor.] | Wibberenz, Tom [graphic designer.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Salenstein : Braun, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edition 2013Description: 271 pages : illustrations, plans, photographs ; 31 cmContent type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783037681305 (hardback)Subject(s): Public spaces -- Pictorial works | Plazas -- Pictorial works | Public buildings -- Pictorial works | Public buildings -- Designs and plans | Architecture, Modern -- 21st century | City and town life -- Pictorial works | Urban beautificationLOC classification: NA9070 .U44 2013Summary: Public urban spaces vary widely in type, form and size, encompassing plazas, squares and streetscapes. They serve pedestrians and flaneurs, accommodate street life in all its vibrant variations and represent the cities and towns themselves. On the one hand they are transit spaces or crossroads, while on the other hand they provide opportunities to linger or stage events. This volume features recent projects from all continents, showing the different approaches and solutions to this sophisticated design task at the intersection of architecture, landscape design and urban planning. Hardly any other area of spatial design offers such functional and formal diversity as does the design of urban spaces. https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Spaces-Squares-Streetscapes-Architecture/dp/3037681306
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Includes index (pages 262-269).

Public urban spaces vary widely in type, form and size, encompassing plazas, squares and streetscapes. They serve pedestrians and flaneurs, accommodate street life in all its vibrant variations and represent the cities and towns themselves. On the one hand they are transit spaces or crossroads, while on the other hand they provide opportunities to linger or stage events. This volume features recent projects from all continents, showing the different approaches and solutions to this sophisticated design task at the intersection of architecture, landscape design and urban planning. Hardly any other area of spatial design offers such functional and formal diversity as does the design of urban spaces.

https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Spaces-Squares-Streetscapes-Architecture/dp/3037681306