The Art of Classic Planning - Building Beautiful and Enduring Communities

Nearly everything we treasure in the world's most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Yet the ideas and practices underlying these achievements have been abandoned. Nir Buras documents the humane design methods that held sway before the reign of Modernism and encourages us to relearn the time-tested principles of classic urban planning.

About the author

Nir Haim Buras is an architect and city planner with over thirty years of experience in strategic planning and transportation design. He has worked on the East Side Access at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, the International Terminal at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, the Tel Aviv Metro, and the US Capitol Senate and House Office Buildings in Washington, DC. Buras founded the Washington, DC, chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art and visited 100 cities worldwide to write The Art of Classic Planning.

Summary

Nearly everything we treasure in the world’s most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Yet the ideas and practices underlying these achievements have been abandoned. Nir Buras documents the humane design methods that held sway before the reign of Modernism and encourages us to relearn the time-tested principles of classic urban planning.

Product details

• Authors: Nir H. Buras, Nir Haim Buras
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780674919242
• ISBN: 978-0-674-91924-2
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Landscape architecture and design, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design