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Author Williamson, June.

Title Designing suburban futures : new models from Build a better burb / by June Williamson.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Island Press, [2013]
2013

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Description 1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface -- Foreword; Ellen Dunham-Jones -- Introduction -- Context for Change -- Design Culture Responds to Sprawl: 1960s to 2010s -- Better Suburban Futures -- Build a Better Burb 2010: Instructions and Commentary -- Winning and Noteworthy Competition Schemes. Sited in the Setback: Increasing Density in Levittown. Upcycling 2.0. AgIsland. Building C-Burbia. SUBHUB Transit System. Long Division. LIRR: Long Island Radically Rezoned. Noteworthy Competition Schemes -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: New Roles for Architecture and Urban Design. A conversation with Kazys Varnelis -- Selected Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 13, 2013).
Subject Architecture.
Environmental sciences.
Regional planning.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9781597264181
9781610915274 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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