Responsive Environments

Zusatztext 'an important contribution to design as place making'Environmental and Archtectural Phenomenology Newsletter'Virtually everything in this book is highly relevant to the work of landscape architects tackling urban problems.' Landscape Design Informationen zum Autor Ian Bently, Alan Alcock, Paul Murrain, Sue McGlynn, Graham Smith Zusammenfassung Demonstrating the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places, this book is about architecture and urban design. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed in to places or buildings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Permeability; Variety; Legibility; Robustness; Visual appropriateness; Richness; Personalisation; Putting it all together; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Alcock, Alcock Alan, Sue McGlynn, McGlynn Sue, Paul Murrain, Murrain Paul, Graham Smith
• Assisted by: Ian Bentley (Editor), Bentley Ian (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.1991
• EAN: 9780750605663
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-0566-3
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Regional & area planning, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Regional and area planning, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building