Complex City

Name: Complex City
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781859468944
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London's Changing Character

By Jane Manning and Antony Rifkin and Daniel Elsea and Lionel Eid and George Garofalakis

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Complex City is a unique blend of story and atlas that delves into the intricate character of London. Through stunning maps and evocative imagery, it explores the city's complexity and contradictions, offering a character-based approach to planning and urban design. This visual and narrative journey breaks down London's distinctive areas, revealing their development potential and guiding early design and site analysis processes.
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This book is ideal for urban planners, architects, designers, and anyone with a passion for maps and London’s dynamic character. It serves as a valuable reference for professionals and an engaging read for those interested in arts, culture, and the complexity of city life.

Part story, part atlas, this is a visual, geographic and narrative journey that explains why London is the way it is today. Using stunning maps and artful imagery, it makes a compelling case for a finer grain understanding of density through a character-based approach to planning.

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Part story, part atlas—this is a study of a city’s complexity. The most successful cities, the most interesting and sought-after ones, are those with an intrinsic and distinctive character that remain dynamic and relevant. They are complex and contradictory. And that is worth embracing.

This is a visual, geographic and narrative journey that explains why London is the way it is today. Using stunning maps and artful imagery, Complex City makes a compelling case for a finer grain understanding of density through a character-based approach to planning. Each character area is broken down, exploring the characteristics and character-based development potential.

For those planning and designing projects, this is a reference book for the early stages of a design project and can help to inform site analyses which form part of most architectural commissions and urban design studies. For lovers of maps and London, it is a must-read.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781859468944

Publisher: RIBA Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: RIBA Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 276.0mm

Height: 219.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 208

Collections

Antony Rifkin Arts & Culture Daniel Elsea Education & Reference George Garofalakis Jane Manning Lionel Eid Non-Fiction Science & Nature Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Jane Manning is a Director at Allies and Morrison and has led the production of several high profile masterplans including including the Old Kent Road and Lea Bridge. Antony Rifkin is a Partner at Allies and Morrison specialising in masterplanning and is currently working on regeneration projects across the UK. Daniel Elsea is a Director at Allies and Morrison and head of communications. Lionel Eid is an urban designer and Associate at Allies and Morrison. George Garofalakis is an urban designer at Allies and Morrison with extensive experience in GIS technologies.