The architectural pattern book : a tool for building great neighborhoods / Urban Design Associates ; authors, Ray Gindroz [and others] ; with contributions by David R. Csont [and others] ; preface by David Lewis ; editor and contributing writer, Karen Levine.
"The Architectural Pattern Book traces the precedents of twenty-first-century manuals from the Renaissance to Georgian and Parisian urban assembly kits and colonial American pattern books. It documents the revival of the traditional architectural pattern book as a means of implementing urban de...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
W.W. Norton,
[2004]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "The Architectural Pattern Book traces the precedents of twenty-first-century manuals from the Renaissance to Georgian and Parisian urban assembly kits and colonial American pattern books. It documents the revival of the traditional architectural pattern book as a means of implementing urban design in large-scale developments by describing techniques and working methods of preparing guides for current design and construction processes, and it shows exemplars that will serve as models for contemporary designers."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 230 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0393731340 9780393731347 |