1st Edition
Essential Urban Design A Handbook for Architects, Designers and Planners
By Rob Cowan
Copyright 2021
256 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
256 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
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Shaping our cities, streets and public spaces, urban design informs the places we live. It is a complex multi-disciplinary process, requiring the input of a wide variety of stakeholders and design and construction professionals. Each urban project invariably throws up a new set of problems and strategic decisions for the design team. This guide distils the essential information required for the... Read more
1. Place, Pioneers and Practitioners
2. Urban Design in Action
3. Context, Character and Quality
4. Politics, Collaboration and the Role of Local Authorities
5. Strategic Urban Design and Masterplanning
Appendix: Checklist for Assessing Context and Character
Biography
Rob Cowan is the author of The Dictionary of Urbanism and director of the consultancy Urban Design Skills. He is editor of Context, the journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. He invented Placecheck, and was the joint author of By Design, the UK government’s ground-breaking urban design guidance. He is a cartoonist and illustrator, and he presents the Plandemonium series of online videos.
