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DESIGN FIRST
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Design-based Planning for Communities
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By
David Walters, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Linda Brown, Writer, critic and professional painter, NC, USA
Reviews
Years on the front lines of urban design, advocacy and teaching have equipped David Walters and Linda Luise Brown of Charlotte with a
considerable store of wisdom, here distilled into a handbook useful for architects, planners and developers. This book's topics, however,
hold meaning for all citizens with an interest in what might be taking shape outside their front doors and down their streets. Walters
and Brown write with a well-founded confidence that new planning projects in this region can hold lessons for national -- even international
audiences. - The Charlotte Observer
Urban Designers have benefited greatly from publications that have become available over the past
few years. Some books are practical manuals that remain open during the design process in university studios and professional offices.
Others help designers communicate with clients and/or the community. Still others give students and professional's insights into turning
theory into built form. Design First is written to serve all three purposes. ... the book falls into the classic format epitomized by
Robert Venturis' Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture. The scope of the material is exhaustive. - New Urban News
The book is
a lucid and welcome addition to the literature for many reasons, but especially for focusing on practical work and action without disdaining
thought and history – Planning Magazine
In this book, the core of which presents case studies of five communities in the United States
that are using Smart Growth principles to guide development, the authors discuss their theories on urban design, emphasizing environmental
sensitivity. – Landscape Architecture
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