Suburban Form - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415314763 ISBN 13: 9780415314763

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

This book examines and documents the remarkable development and transformation of suburban form throughout the globe during the twentieth century. The premise that suburban areas are monotonous, inert environments is put to a test through investigation of the complexity of those suburban settings and the dynamic physical changes that have taken place since their inception.

About this title

About the Author:

Kiril Stanilov is Assistant Professor in Urban Design and Planning in the School of Planning at the University of Cincinnati. His research is centered on explorations of urban form transformations at the periphery of cities in the United States.

Brenda Case Scheer AIA AICP, is the Dean of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Utah. Her research specializations are the formal development of cities and urban design policy. She has published extensively on design review, architecture, housing, and suburban form and is the winner of the prestigious Chicago Institute of Architecture and Urbanism Prize, which is awarded for writings on urban design. Dean Scheer has a long record in professional practice and is a partner of Scheer & Scheer, Inc., where her projects include master planning, urban design and design guidelines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415314763
• ISBN 13: 9780415314763
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Case Scheer Brenda, Stanilov Kiril