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Understanding tall buildings : a theory of placemaking / Kheir Al-Kodmany

By:

Al-Kodmany, Kheir [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2017Description: xiii, 254 pages : color illustrationsContent type:

text, still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138811423

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.48

Contents:

Part I. The urban design dimension

Tall buildings and imageability

City skyline

Part II. The architectural dimension

The rise of the iconic tower

The new age of the iconic tower

Part III. The human dimension

The tower's base

Urban plazas

Public parks and open spaces

Part IV. The transport dimension

Tall buildings and the transport system

Tall buildings and transit-oriented development : case studies

Placemaking and tall buildings : ten planning guidelines

List(s) this item appears in: urban planning

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Main Library Reference Section	Reference	R 720.48 Al415u 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Room use only	50950QC

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Includes bibliographical references and index.