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Understanding Tall Buildings
A Theory of Placemaking
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This book is ideal for students and professionals in architecture, urban planning, and related fields who are focused on improving tall building design and creating vibrant urban environments.
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In recent years, the rapid pace of tall building construction has fostered a certain kind of placelessness, with many new tall buildings being built out of scale, context, and place.
By analysing hundreds of tall buildings and providing hundreds of visuals that inspire, stimulate, and engage, Understanding Tall Buildings contends that well-designed tall buildings can rejuvenate cities, ignite economic activity, support social life, and boost city pride.
Although this book does not claim to possess all the solutions, it does propose specific tall building design guidelines that may help to promote placemaking. Through this work, it is the author’s hope that ill-conceived developments will become less common in the future and that good placemaking will become the norm, not the exception.
This book is a must-read for students and practitioners working to create better tall buildings and better urban environments.
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ISBN: 9781138811416
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 06 February 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 1 Line drawings, color; 183 Halftones, color
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Width: 174.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 861g
Pages: 270
About the Author
Kheir Al-Kodmany is a Professor of Sustainable Urban Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Having published over 100 articles on planning and design, this is Dr. Al-Kodmany’s fourth book on tall buildings. He previously worked as an architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Also by Kheir Al-Kodmany
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