Urban design for an urban century: placemaking for people

Abstract

Preface. PART I: PARADIGMS, PRINCIPLES AND PROCESS. Chapter 1: Design--A and Public Fitting People and Place. The Evolution of a Social and Public Art. Integrating Diverse Perspectives and Skills. Giving Form to a Rapidly Changing Society. Shaping the Response to a Changing World. Chapter 2: Roots of Form. 1. Early Cities. 2. European Cities in the Middle Ages. 3. Renaissance Forms Reshape Cities. 4. The New World Turns Toward the Grid. 5. The Industrial Revolution and Reaction. 6. Imagining the Postindustrial City. Chapter 3: Decentralization: The Growth of the Modern City. Europe and Modernism. CIAM and the Birth of Urban Opportunities and Challenges. Chapter 4: Recentralization: The City as the Future. Rise of the Suburbs. Changes that Favor Cities. Issues of the Common Realm. Cities on the Rebound. New Trends in Design. Conclusion. Chapter 5: Principles for an Century. Process Should Support the Principles. PART II: PUTTING URBAN DESIGN INTO PRACTICE. Case Studies in Design. Background: AIA's Regional and Design Committee (RUDC). The Regional and Design Honor Awards program. Chapter 6: Guiding Regional Growth and Change. Roots. Approaches Today. Case Studies. How the Projects Illustrate the Principles. Chapter 7: Rediscovering Downtown and Main Street. Roots. Approaches Today. Case Studies. How The Projects Illustrate the Principles. Chapter 8: Reinventing Older Neighborhoods. Roots. Approaches Today. Case Studies. How The Projects Relate to the Principles. Chapter 9: Inventing New Neighborhoods. Roots. Approaches Today. Case Studies. How The Projects Relate to the Principles. Chapter 10: Reclaiming the Waterfront. Roots. Approaches Today. Case Studies. How the Projects Illustrate the Principles. Chapter 11: Creating the Public Realm. Roots. Approaches today. Case studies. How the Projects Illustrate the Principles. Chapter 12: Transforming Campus into Community. Roots. Approaches today. Case studies. How these Projects Illustrate the Principles. Conclusion.