Contemporary Urban Design

The architectural discipline of urban design falls into the broadcategory of landscape architecture and is applied as a social and estheticmeans for interpreting the shape of cities and towns and their publicspaces. The structure of a city is not the sum of its architectural shapesbut the integration of these shapes into a specific and dynamicunderstanding of space. Public spaces become gathering points andrecreational areas where neighbours can meet and contribute to socio-urbaninteraction. The presented projects in this book cover everything from newlarge neighbourhoods to the installation of street fixtures or theillumination of a small square. format 22,5 x 22,5 cm , 384 pages hardcover with jacket text in english german spanish french italian