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Objects of Desire Design and Society, 1759-1980
Author: Forty, A
Publish date: 1986
Publisher: Thames and Hudson, London
Keywords: cultural, modernism, semiotics, social aspects of design
Of Patterns and Publics: planning and design as democratic process
Author: Fair field,J.D. and Widdowson,W.
Publish date: 2000
Journal: Urban Design Studies, Vol 6
Pages: 149-157
Abstract: Looking at the work of John Dewey and Christopher Alexander, this paper examines the role of participation and how planning and design can be understood best as a democratic process.
Keywords: participation, planning
Offices into Flats
Author: Barlow, J and Gann, D
Publish date: 1993
Publisher: York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Keywords: housing, mixed use
On Streets
Author: Anderson, S
Publish date: 1986
Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge MASS
Keywords: accessibility, public space, streets, theory
On the Edge: Regenerating a Dublin suburb
Author: Prichard, D
Publish date: 2000
Journal: City Vol 4 (1)
Pages: 65-80
Abstract: A case study of Ballymun, a rundown high-rise suburb. How the design and renewal were managed and master plan was prepared. Also the implications of regeneration and design ideas to improve the environment.
Keywords: housing, management, regeneration, suburbs
On the Plaza: The politics of public space and culture
Author: Low, Setha
Publish date: June 2000
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Abstract: An exploration of the interrelation between space, culture, politics and the economy and their effect on the plaza and its physical form.
Keywords: cultural, politics, public space
Open Spaces in the Built Environment
Author: Meller,H
Publish date: January 2001
Publisher: Spon Press
Abstract: A look at the history of open spaces, gardens and parks in Europe over the past century and how social and cultural factors have affected the physical characteristics of these spaces.
Keywords: cultural, history, public space
Order and Structure, Design and Use in Housing Estates
Author: Rigatti, D
Publish date: 2000
Journal: Urban Design International, Vol 5 (2)
Pages: 161-175
Abstract: This article investigates the process of urban changes that are individually introduced by dwellers of public housing estates. Looking at cases in Brazil some generic configurational codes used for designing public housing estates are identified.
Keywords: housing, morphology
Organising Space: Landscapes, houses, and highways in America
Author: Easterling, K
Publish date: November 1999
Publisher: The MIT Press
Abstract: Links architecture and infrustructure
Keywords: architecture, highways, united states of america
Our Future Homes: opportunity, choice and responsibility
Author: Department of the Environment (UK)
Publish date: 1995
Publisher: London: HMSO
Keywords: housing, mixed use
Our Past Before Us Why do we save it?
Author: Lowenthal D and Binney M
Publish date: 1981
Publisher: Maurice Temple Smith, London
Keywords: conservation
Out of Place restoring identity to the regional landscape
Author: Hough, M
Publish date: 1990
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
Keywords: genius loci, identity, place
Outdoor Recreation and the Urban Environment, See Chapter 5 - On the Street - Urban Thoroughfares as Recreational Spaces
Author: Williams, S
Publish date: 1995
Publisher: London and New York: Routledge
Keywords: children and youth, public space, social aspects of design, streets
Outer Estates in Britain, papers 23-28
Author: Centre for Environmental Studies
Publish date: 1985
Publisher: CES, London
Keywords: regeneration
Outrage
Author: Nairn, I
Publish date: 1955
Publisher: Architecural Press, London
Keywords: townscape
Over Design is the Death of Outdoor Liveliness
Author: Laurie, I C
Publish date: November 1978
Journal: Landscape Architecture
Pages: 485-486
Keywords: public space
