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By
Sue McGlynn, Joint Centre for Urban Design, Oxford Brookes University
Edited By
Ian Bentley, Principle Lecturer at the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University, UK
By
Graham Smith, Senior Design Tutor at the Department of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University
Alan Alcock
Paul Murrain
Description
Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments'
- as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed
in to places or buildings.
This is a practical book about architecture and urban design. It is most concerned with the areas of design
which most frequently go wrong and impresses the idea that ideals alone are not enough. Ideals must be linked through appropriate design
ideas to the fabric of the built environemnt itself. This book is a practical attempt to show how this can be done.
Contents
Permeability; Variety; Legibility; Robustness; Visual appropriateness; Richness; Personalisation; Putting it all together; Index.
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Paperback, 152 pages, publication date: JUL-1985
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-0566-3
ISBN-10: 0-7506-0566-9
Imprint: ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
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