Urban Landscape Architecture

by Vranckx, Bridget

• ISBN13: 9781592532728
• ISBN10: 1592532721
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-01
• Publisher: Rockport Pub

Summary

The urban landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade as cities worldwide implement revitalization plans designed to keep urban areas vital and appealing for both tourism and residency. Bringing a sense of space and place to the public areas of urban cities is essential for the vitality of a city, and many cities are investing heavily in this type of urban development. Urban Landscape Architecture showcases the most interesting and innovative urban landscape design and reviews the work of great architects and designers in this area. Each project features sketches, drawings, and photographs and highlights the design details of note for the reader.

Table of Contents

Urban Comfort (Furniture)
Train Stations D-Line	p. 10
Xurret System & Pep	p. 16
Pink Bench	p. 22
Pause!	p. 26
Maggie Millennium Bench	p. 30
NYSE & BPC Streetscapes	p. 36
Centreport Windscreens	p. 46
(Parenthesis)	p. 52
P+R Sloterdijk & Zeeburg	p. 58
Common Ground (Squares & Places)
Urban Lounge	p. 66
Tower Hill Square	p. 74
Town Hall Square	p. 80
Water Culture Square	p. 86
Patio Garden Cirqada	p. 96
Boulevar Dreieich	p. 102
De Admiraal	p. 108
Twin Tower Court	p. 114
Finsbury Avenue Square	p. 120
Patch of Green (Parks & Gardens)
Castle Park	p. 128
Locomotives Park	p. 136
Nou Barris Park	p. 142
City Park Beja	p. 148
Grammont Park	p. 152
Missing Link (Bridges)
Rolling Bridge	p. 160
Webb Bridge	p. 166
Memorial Pedestrian Bridge	p. 174
Craigieburn Bypass	p. 180
Lookout Point Aurland	p. 186
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