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Streetscapes: How to design and deliver great streets

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Author/EditorDavis, Colin J (Author)
Publisher: RIBA Publishing
ISBN: 9781859466346
Pub Date01/10/2017
BindingPaperback
Pages128
Dimensions (mm)235(h) * 210(w)
Breaking down both the technical considerations and the design needs and challenges, Streetscapes: A Guide to Better Street Design is an essential text for anyone interested in the creation or improvement of quality public environments.
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Written in accessible and practical terms, Streetscapes establishes the basic principles of quality, comprehensive street design. Each element of a streetscape is examined and explained in turn, and richly-illustrated case studies analyse how all of these elements can be brought together successfully. Breaking down both the technical considerations and the design needs and challenges, Streetscapes: A Guide to Better Street Design is an essential text for anyone interested in the creation or improvement of quality public environments.

Written in accessible and practical terms, Streetscapes establishes the basic principles of quality, comprehensive street design. Each element of a streetscape is examined and explained in turn, and richly-illustrated case studies analyse how all of these elements can be brought together successfully. Breaking down both the technical considerations and the design needs and challenges, Streetscapes: A Guide to Better Street Design is an essential text for anyone interested in the creation or improvement of quality public environments.

Colin Davis is an experienced architect and town planner who specialises in highway/traffic engineering for the public realm. He ran architecture and town planning services at LB Bromley for 10 years before founding his own public realm consultancy in 1990. He is co-founder of PRIAN, which offers a mid-career certified training course, has authored a number of publications, and regularly lectures to a range of professional and lay audiences.

Introduction Section 1: Theory Section 2: Practice 1. St Paul's, City of London 2. Gosford St, Coventry 3. High Street, Kensington 4. Park Lane, Poynton 5. Longmoor St., Poundbury 6. Bibury, Gloucestershire

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