Designing Suburban Futures - New Models From Build a Better Burb

Informationen zum Autor June Williamson is Associate Professor in the Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York. She is co-author! with Ellen Dunham-Jones! of Retrofitting Suburbia (9780470934326). She lives in New York. Klappentext Shows that suburbs aren't destined to remain filled with strip malls and excess parking lots; they can be reinvigorated through inventive design. This title provides a broad vision of suburban reform based on the best schemes submitted in Long Island's highly successful "Build a Better Burb" competition. Zusammenfassung Shows that suburbs aren't destined to remain filled with strip malls and excess parking lots; they can be reinvigorated through inventive design. This title provides a broad vision of suburban reform based on the best schemes submitted in Long Island's highly successful "Build a Better Burb" competition.

Product details

• Authors: June Williamson, June/ Dunham-jones Williamson
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2013
• EAN: 9781610911979
• ISBN: 978-1-61091-197-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning