{"product_id":"the-urban-masterplanning-handbook-isbn-9780470972250","title":"The Urban Masterplanning Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eA highly illustrated reference tool, this handbook provides comparative visual analysis of major urban extensions and masterplans around the world. It places an important new emphasis on the processes and structures that influence urban form, highlighting the significant impact that public or private landownership, management and funding might have on shaping a particular project. Each of the book’s 20 subjects is rigorously analysed through original diagrams, scale drawings and descriptive texts, which are complemented by key statistics and colour photography. The case studies are presented in order of size rather than date or geographical location. This offers design professionals, developers and city planners, as well as students of architecture and urban design informed organisational and formal comparisons, leading to intriguing insights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA wide geographical range of contemporary and historic masterplans are featured. These encompass European projects from the 19th century to the present day: Belgravia in London, Sarphatipark in Amsterdam, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, La Défense Seine Arche in Paris and Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm. In North America, the postwar development of Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan is also the subject of a case study. More recent and ongoing international urban schemes are included, such as Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, Downtown Dubai and the New Central Business District in Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCASE STUDIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroadgate, London 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMasséna Nord, Paris 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003estuyvesant Town, New York 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBattery Park City, New York 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvenue de l’Opéra, Paris 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVauban, Freiburg 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntigone, Montpellier 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePotsdamer Platz, Berlin 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKirchsteigfeld, Potsdam 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpangen, Rotterdam 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBelgravia, London 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFalse Creek North, Vancouver 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSarphatipark, Amsterdam 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarunouchi, Tokyo 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuralille, Lille 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePuerto Madero, Buenos Aires 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDowntown Dubai 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeijing Central Business District 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLa Défense Seine Arche, Greater Paris 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAPPENDICES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDensity Table 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigure-ground Diagrams 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScale Comparison of all Projects 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImage Credits 288\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This well-researched handbook provides readers with a comprehensive, in-depth and historic evaluation of some of the most recognisable international urban landscapes created over the last 200 years.\" (\u003cem\u003eBuilding Engineer,\u003c\/em\u003e??August 2013) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... this substantial book is less an instruction manual for urban development and more a deep resource for architects, urban designers, planners and other development professionals.\" (\u003cem\u003eBuilding Design,\u003c\/em\u003e June 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Firley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of this book’s companion volumes \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Housing Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Towers Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). Assistant Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture since January 2011, he is a trained architect and urban designer with work experience in property development and several design practices in Paris and London. Regularly invited to speak at architectural institutions around the world, he has a specific interest in interdisciplinary research and in the relationship between architecture and the urban fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatharina Grön\u003c\/b\u003e is a German planner who graduated in 2008 from the Hamburg University of Technology. Already involved in the production of \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Housing Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e, she has developed the graphic concept of the book, including diagrams and custom-made urban plans. She lives and works as a planner and urban designer in Hamburg.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA highly illustrated reference tool, this handbook provides comparative visual analysis of major urban extensions and masterplans around the world. It places an important new emphasis on the processes and structures that influence urban form, highlighting the significant impact that public or private landownership, management and funding might have on shaping a particular project. Each of the book’s 20 subjects is rigorously analysed through original diagrams, scale drawings and descriptive texts, which are complemented by key statistics and colour photography. The case studies are presented in order of size rather than date or geographical location. This offers design professionals, developers and city planners, as well as students of architecture and urban design informed organisational and formal comparisons, leading to intriguing insights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA wide geographical range of contemporary and historic masterplans are featured. These encompass European projects from the 19th century to the present day: Belgravia in London, Sarphatipark in Amsterdam, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, La Défense Seine Arche in Paris and Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm. In North America, the postwar development of Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan is also the subject of a case study. More recent and ongoing international urban schemes are included, such as Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, Downtown Dubai and the New Central Business District in Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990361424101,"sku":"NP9780470972250","price":71.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470972250.jpg?v=1761787512","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-urban-masterplanning-handbook-isbn-9780470972250","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}