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Urban Design: Street and Square

Name: Urban Design: Street and Square
Author: Cliff Moughtin
ISBN: 9781136350337

by Cliff Moughtin

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Overview

This book, part of a series of four, offers a detailed analysis of urban design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the public face of towns and cities. It outlines the theory of the principal features of urban design from which method is developed and provides a better understanding of the main elements of urban design. This includes the arrangement, design and details of the streets and squares, and the roles they play in city planning.

This third edition includes chapters on "Sustainable Urban Design" and "Visual Analysis", introducing the latest theories and influences in the field and bringing greater practical significance to the book. Cliff Moughtin explores the street and square in terms of function, structure and symbolism and examines fine examples in their historical context. These are set against the background of the laws of urban design composition, culled from Renaissance and modern writers.

This book by Cliff Moughtin offers a detailed analysis of urban design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the public face of towns and cities. It includes the arrangement, design and details of these elements and the roles they play in city planning.

This second edition has been updated with the addition of a new series preface and a new chapter discussing the waterfront as a defining edge to an urban district and analyses the function of waterways as channels of movement.

Synopsis

This book, part of a series of four, offers a detailed analysis of urban design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the public face of towns and cities. It outlines the theory of the principal features of urban design from which method is developed and provides a better understanding of the main elements of urban design. This includes the arrangement, design and details of the streets and squares, and the roles they play in city planning.This third edition includes chapters on "Sustainable Urban Design" and "Visual Analysis", introducing the latest theories and influences in the field and bringing greater practical significance to the book. Cliff Moughtin explores the street and square in terms of function, structure and symbolism and examines fine examples in their historical context. These are set against the background of the laws of urban design composition, culled from Renaissance and modern writers.

About the Author, Cliff Moughtin

Emeritus Professor Cliff Moughtin holds degrees in Architecture and Planning awarded by the University of Liverpool. He was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by The Queen's University of Belfaset. He was Professor of Planning in The Queen's University Belfast and Nottingham University. He is the author of a number of books including the series of four Urban Design titles for Architectural Press.

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One of four volumes with different subtitles, introduces the common European urban design heritage, as a starting point from which readers can develop personal critical faculties to help them appreciate better the European street and square. To the 1992 edition, Moughtin here adds a chapter, Seafront, River, and Canal and an additional case study of riverside regeneration. The photographs, drawings, and diagrams are high quality black and white. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)