The largest art : a measured manifesto for a plural urbanism / Brent D. Ryan.
The largest art : a measured manifesto for a plural urbanism / Brent D. Ryan.
The largest art : a measured manifesto for a plural urbanism / Brent D. Ryan.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
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G 2017/5651
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English
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xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Unitary architecture, plural cities -- Five dimensions of plural urbanism -- Three pluralist projects -- Three plural urbanists -- Designing pluralist urbanism : urban design scenarios for three places -- Principals and potentials of plural urbanism.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
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Massachusetts
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[2017]
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Urban design in practice is incremental, but architects imagine it as scaled-up architecture - large, ready-to-build pop-up cities. This paradox of urban design is rarely addressed; indeed, urban design as a discipline lacks a theoretical foundation. In 'The Largest Art', Brent Ryan argues that urban design encompasses more than architecture, and h...
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The largest art : a measured manifesto for a plural urbanism / Brent D. Ryan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/5651
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74VKVgBDX4Ml
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBDX4Ml
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0262036673 hardcover alkaline paper
9780262036672 hardcover alkaline paper
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711.4
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991024148804702626
