Alex Krieger

More Thoughts on Urban Design (the Field) and Urban Design (the Book)

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frank Gruber

Cities thrive on complexity but suffer under chaos. Humans respond to chaos by creating systems. Systems require cooperative efforts that, in turn, require planning.

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Urban Design, the Book: Part Two of a Review

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alex Krieger, Urban Planning, Joan Busquets, Jane Jacobs, John Kaliski, Urban Design, Urbanism, William Saunders, Books News
Frank Gruber

A few weeks ago, I concluded Part One of this review of the book Urban Design by referring to Joan Busquets' citation of ten eclectic "contemporary approaches" to urbanism to illustrate the viability of urban design today.

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Urban Design: Good Book, Unfortunate Field?

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alex Krieger, Michael Sorkin, Denise Scott Brown, Lewis Mumford, Urban Planning, Joan Busquets, Jane Jacobs, Urban Design, Rem Koolhaas, New Urbanism, Urbanism, William Saunders, Books News
Frank Gruber

Urban Design is an excellent guide to both the history of Urban Design as a field and today's conflicts both within and without.

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