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Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb
June Williamson
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Description for Designing Suburban Futures: New Models from Build a Better Burb
Paperback. Shows that suburbs aren't destined to remain filled with strip malls and excess parking lots; they can be reinvigorated through inventive design. This title provides a broad vision of suburban reform based on the best schemes submitted in Long Island's highly successful "Build a Better Burb" competition. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AMVD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 202 x 9. Weight in Grams: 458.
Suburbs deserve a better, more resilient future. June Williamson shows that suburbs aren't destined to remain filled with strip malls and excess parking lots; they can be reinvigorated through inventive design. Drawing on award-winning design ideas for revitalizing Long Island, she offers valuable models not only for U.S. suburbs, but those emerging elsewhere with global urbanisation. Williamson argues that suburbia has historically been a site of great experimentation and is currently primed for exciting changes. Today, dead malls, aging office parks, and blighted apartment complexes are being retrofitted into walkable, sustainable communities. Williamson shows how to expand this trend, highlighting ... Read more
Suburbs deserve a better, more resilient future. June Williamson shows that suburbs aren't destined to remain filled with strip malls and excess parking lots; they can be reinvigorated through inventive design. Drawing on award-winning design ideas for revitalizing Long Island, she offers valuable models not only for U.S. suburbs, but those emerging elsewhere with global urbanisation. Williamson argues that suburbia has historically been a site of great experimentation and is currently primed for exciting changes. Today, dead malls, aging office parks, and blighted apartment complexes are being retrofitted into walkable, sustainable communities. Williamson shows how to expand this trend, highlighting ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Island Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781597262415
SKU
V9781597262415
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Ref
99-15
About June Williamson
June Williamson is Associate Professor in the Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York. She is co-author, with Ellen Dunham-Jones, of Retrofitting Suburbia (9780470934326). She lives in New York.
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