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Understanding Architecture Through Drawing

Author: Edwards, B
Publish date: 1994
Publisher: E and F N Spon, London
Keywords: techniques

Understanding Transactions

Author: MacCormac, R
Publish date: March 1994
Journal: Architectural Review No 1165
Pages: pp. 70-73
Keywords: mixed use, morphology, streets, typology, urban form

Urban Architecture as an Art

Author: Bentley, I
Publish date: February 1991
Publisher: Joint Centre for Urban Design, Oxford Brookes University
Pages: 1-12
Keywords: architecture, art

Urban Artifacts: a theory of types

Author: Margolin,V
Publish date: 2002
Journal: Urban Design Studies, Vol 8
Pages: 103-114
Abstract: Catagories of activities and processes that take place in the city are identified and then suggestions are made for the kinds of objects that belong in each catagory. For example the circulation of goods, communication or the distribution of information. Some less obvious objects are identified, each is looked at individually and then related resulting in the idea of a dense network of artifactes.
Keywords: behavioural, public space, streets

Urban Components

Author: Krier, L
Editor: Papadakis, A and Watson, H
Publish date: 1990
Journal: Neo Classicism: Omnibus Edition
Publisher: Academy Editions, London
Pages: 196 - 203
Keywords: morphology, theory, typology, urban form, urbanism

Urban Concepts: The British and American Ways of Seeing Urbanism

Author: Scott-Brown, D
Publisher: The Academy Group Ltd, 7 Holland Street, London W8 4NA
Keywords: urbanism

Urban Configurations

Author: Mertz, et al
Publish date: May 1999
Publisher: Ediciones Poligrafa

Urban convergence: morphology and attraction

Author: Krafta, R
Publish date: 1996
Journal: Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol 23
Pages: pp. 37 - 48
Abstract: The paper describes the use of a model in simulating and testing the relationship between facilities, their location on an urban grid, and the likelihood that people will visit them due to their centrality and convenience (reachability). The model offers a picture of the stability of certain areas in terms of possible land-use changes
Keywords: accessibility, commercial, morphology, theory

Urban Design

Author: Sarris,C
Publish date: September 1999
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Abstract: The core issues of the subject of urban design
Keywords: principles, Urban Design

Urban Design 3: ecological urban design

Author: Bentley, I
Publish date: October 24 1990
Journal: Architects Journal
Pages: 69-71
Keywords: sustainability

Urban Design Advisory Panels

Author: Brine, J
Publish date: 1997
Journal: Australian Planner, Vol 34 (2)
Pages: 116 - 120
Abstract: Paper that reviews the recent history of UDAPs in Adelaide, and in particular, lessons learnt from Canadian practices.
Keywords: australia, design control/review

Urban Design and Implementation

Author: Drechsler, P
Publish date: March 1989
Journal: Australian Planner, Vol 27(1)
Pages: 21-25
Abstract: The paper reviews the process of developing a commercial retail and office scheme, and illustrates how urban design techniques can be used to create more attractive ventures that are also commercially viable.
Keywords: australia, commercial, practice

Urban Design and Planning Practice: Responsibility for Place Research Note 6

Author: Goodey, B
Publish date: January 1981
Publisher: Joint Centre for Urban Design , Oxford Brookes Univ
Pages: 1-20
Keywords: genius loci, identity, place, planning, practice

Urban Design and the Cultural Interface

Author: Mackay, D
Publish date: July 1991
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly
Pages: 5-9
Keywords: practice, spain

Urban Design and the Physical Environment

Author: Mugavin, D
Publish date: 1992
Journal: Town Planning Review, Vol 64(4)
Pages: 403-413
Abstract: Urban design is defined as the sythesis of urban form to facilitate activity and meaning. Conventional concerns of urban design are examined, leading to a discussion of the components and processes in the physical enviorment. More detailed comments concerning microclimate, vegetation, and water and soil as design factors are discussed. Regulatory implications are raised in conclusion.
Keywords: australia, landscape, principles

Urban Design and Townscape

Author: Various
Publish date: October 1994
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly, No 52
Pages: 15-30
Keywords: townscape

Urban Design and Urban Economics: Just Good Friends

Author: Crookston, M
Publish date: 1996
Journal: Built Environment, Vol 22(4)
Pages: 300 - 305
Abstract: Brief paper that argues that urban design should be regarded as a central component of development practice, rather than "the icing on the cake" of whiich a sprinkling will help market the site.
Keywords: commercial, valuation

Urban Design as Public Policy: Evaluating the design dimension of Vancouver's planning system

Author: Punter, J.
Publish date: 2002
Journal: International Planning Studies, Vol 7 (4)
Pages: p265-282
Abstract: An examination of Vancouver's urban design system looking at aspects including community support, exclusionary effects, limitations of zoning, over prescription and appropriate skills and expertise.
Keywords: design strategy, united states of america

Urban Design As Public Policy: Practical Methods for Improving Cities

Author: Barnett, Jon
Publish date: 1974
Publisher: McGraw Hill Architectural Record Books, New York
Keywords: design control/review, planning, process, united states of america, Urban Design

Urban Design as Uneven Development

Author: Mayo, J M
Publish date: September 1988
Journal: Environment and Behaviour Vol 20(5)
Pages: 633-663
Keywords: social aspects of design, theory, urbanism

Urban Design Compendium

Author: Llewelyn-Davies
Publish date: 2000
Publisher: London: English Partnerships/Housing Corporation
Abstract: This has become a key source of advice for practitioners in the UK. It is a guide to urban design, and it takes forward the urban design agenda established in the UK by publications like Responsive Environments.
Keywords: design guide, keywords, principles, Urban Design

Urban Design Conservation and Preservation

Author: Cohen, N
Publish date: October 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education -Europe
Abstract: This publication analyses the key elements of the urban environment and looks at how rehabilitation and preservation can be achieved from one building to entire neighbourhoods.
Keywords: conservation

Urban Design Downtown: Poetics and politics of form

Author: Loukaitou-Sideris, A. Banerjee, T.
Publish date: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Abstract: The book looks at how urban design is brought about in the urban political economy, examining the privatisation on public space and the emerging appearance of downtown urban form.
Keywords: commercial, urban form

Urban Design From Theory to Practice: 8 Case Studies

Author: Cowan, R
Publish date: November 14 1990
Journal: Architects Journal
Pages: 35-45
Keywords: practice, Urban Design

Urban Design Guidance: urban design frameworks, development briefs and master plans

Author: Cowan,R ,Urban Design Group
Publish date: July 2002
Publisher: Thomas Telford Publishing
Abstract: A manual setting out a framework for planning and design policy. It aims to guide those involved in the development process to use the correct tools to deliver effective planning and good design.
Keywords: design guide, design strategy, planning

Urban Design in a Metropolitan Setting: a case-study of Adelaide

Author: Bunker, R
Publish date: 1990
Journal: Town Planning Review, Vol 61(1)
Pages: 21-39
Abstract: Adelaide has a history where significant design statements have been made. The most important of these are analysed in the article. One result of this analysis is to show that the southern growth of Adelaide has reached a point where important design decisions need to be made about the character of that development. Such an opportunity means the reinterpretation and reassertion of the contribution of urban design in changing conditions, including the considerable emphasis now placed on urban management met
Keywords: australia, design control/review, history, planning, process

Urban Design in Ancient China

Author: Golany, G.S
Publish date: March 2001
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Abstract: Looking at architecture and urban design as a joint entity, this book examines the socio-cultural forces that shape the distinctive Chinese form, including Chinese thoughts, behavior and ethics.
Keywords: china, cultural

Urban Design in Central Milton Keynes: 25 Years on from the Masterplan

Author: Williamson, C
Publish date: 1997
Journal: Urban Design International, Vol 1(4)
Pages: 335 - 356
Abstract: The paper describes the plan for Milton Keynes, and includes a review of what some of the current residents think about the environment. It is argued that the implemented plan could be improved by including some of the features of the original plan that were never implemented.
Keywords: assessing quality, britain, new settlements

Urban Design in Context

Author: Cantacuzino, S
Publish date: 1996
Journal: Built Environment, Vol 22 (4)
Pages: 258 - 262
Abstract: The author briefly discusses the relationship between urban design, architecture and planning.
Keywords: architecture, planning, principles

Urban Design in Local Government: a collaborative approach to planning

Author: Savery, N
Publish date: 1994
Journal: Australian Planner, Vol 32(1)
Pages: 20-23
Abstract: The paper examines the opportunity for local government to actively participate in the facilitation and construction of sustainable urban environments. Of particular interest are the regulatory devices and processes that have shaped local government planning and the rediscovery of collaborative design approaches, that through the support of an integrated framework can provide a platform for the development of quality urban spaces.
Keywords: australia, planning, practice

Urban Design in Planning Practice and Education

Author: Simpson, A
Publish date: August 1995
Journal: Working Paper 11
Publisher: Planning and Development Research Centre, Univ College London, London
Abstract: The paper reviews recent British and American experience in Urban Design and Planning through the American Inst of Architects Regional Urban Design Assistance Team (RUDAT) programme; the application of RUDAT methodologies through Urban Design Assistance Teams or Community Planning Programmes so far carried out in Britain; and considers the applicability and transferability of an American approach to 'moving forward' on community civic and urban design problems in Britain and Europe through mainstream plann
Keywords: community, participation, planning, process

Urban Design in Practice

Author: Linden, A
Publish date: September 1991
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly
Pages: 2-5
Keywords: practice

Urban Design in Western Europe: Regime and Architecture, 900-1900

Author: Braufels, W
Publish date: 1988
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Keywords: history, politics, theory

Urban Design Issues and the Chain of the Built Form: promoting appropriate human living environments

Author: Binno, R
Publish date: 1995
Journal: Australian Planner, Vol 32(3)
Pages: 172-174
Abstract: What is the meaning of urban design? What are the relevant issues? And who are the players?
Keywords: australia, keywords, principles, Urban Design

Urban Design Keywords and Phrases

Author: Bentley, I and Butina, G
Publish date: October 24 1990
Journal: Architects Journal
Pages: 65-67
Keywords: keywords, Urban Design

Urban Design New Settlements

Author: Rowland, Jon
Publish date: November 7 1990
Journal: Architects Journal
Pages: 63-66
Keywords: new settlements

Urban Design No 1-8

Author: Gleave, S et al
Publish date: October - November 1990
Journal: The Architects Journal
Pages: 24 Oct pp63-67, 31 Oct pp ?-65, 7 Nov pp59-66, 14 Nov pp35-45
Keywords: keywords, principles, Urban Design

Urban Design or Interior Decoration in the Rain? Lessons from North American Cities

Author: Kerkin, K
Publish date: 1998
Journal: Australian Planner, Vol 35(3)
Pages: 133 - 137
Abstract: Paper that illustrates the concern of urban designers in the US. Written for an Australian audience, it stresses the importance of streetscape, finding lost space and showing concern for the design of the public realm. It also stresses that concern for these areas requires urban designers to work across professional divides.
Keywords: Urban Design

Urban Design Participation Techniques

Author: Cowan, R
Publish date: October 31 1990
Journal: Architects Journal
Pages: 59-61
Keywords: participation, process

Urban Design Policies in Bristol

Author: Luck, M and White I
Publish date: July 1994
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly, No 51
Pages: 24-27
Keywords: design control/review, planning

Urban Design Public V Private Realm

Author: Tibbalds, F
Publish date: November 7 1990
Journal: Architects Journal
Pages: 59-61
Keywords: public space

Urban Design regional Identity

Author: Frey, H
Publish date: October 31 1990
Journal: Architects Journal
Pages: 63-65
Keywords: genius loci, identity, morphology, place

Urban Design Tactics

Author: Peterson, S
Publish date: 1979
Journal: Architectural Design, Vol 49,
Pages: 76 - 81
Abstract: Paper that looks at the typolological and morphological elements that might be observed in urban forms, and refers to strategies for their future development.
Keywords: morphology, typology

Urban Design The Architecture of Towns and Cities

Author: Spreiregen, P D
Publish date: 1965
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York
Keywords: keywords, Urban Design

Urban Design Theory in Planning Practice: The British Perspective

Author: Punter, J V
Publish date: 1996
Journal: Built Environment, Vol 22(4)
Pages: 263 - 277
Abstract: The author argues that in Britain the dominant picturesque tradition in urban design and design control has some value, but must be supplemented with "...the more progressive aspects of the modernist and post-modernist design agenda that emphasise the social context of development, the needs of the user and the value of a vital public realm.
Keywords: britain, modernism, planning, postmodernism, social aspects of design, theory, townscape

Urban Design Trends in the USA

Author: Simmonds, R
Publish date: October 1990
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly
Pages: 14 - 17
Keywords: united states of america

Urban Design, Urban Quality and the Quality of Life: Reviewing the Department of the Environment's Urban Design Campaign

Author: Chapman, D W and Larkham, P J
Publish date: 1999
Journal: Journal of Urban Design, Vol 4(2)
Pages: 211
Abstract: Article that reviews the lessons emerging from the British DOE's "Urban Design Campaign".
Keywords: assessing quality

Urban Design, Urban Space Morphology, Urban Tourism: An emerging new paradigm concerning their relationship

Author: Aspa Gospodini
Publish date: 2001
Journal: European Planning Studies Vol 9(7)
Abstract: A look at the relationships between the physical form of urban environments and leisure activities. How urban space morphology can impact tourist attractions and preferences in cultural urban tourism.
Keywords: cultural, morphology, tourism

Urban Design: Green Dimensions

Author: Moughtin, C
Publish date: 1996
Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann, London
Abstract: The book explores the objectives of sustainable development in relation to urban structure and built form. It aims to combine the objectives of green design with the established principles of urbanism.
Keywords: sustainability

Urban Design: Methods and techniques

Author: Cuesta,R. Moughtin,J.C. Sarris,C. and Signoretta,P
Publish date: September 1999
Publisher: Architectural Press
Abstract: Looking at the processes involved in urban design including problem definition, survey, analysis and implementation, this book covers many of the techniques used in the field. With illustrations and case studies.
Keywords: techniques, Urban Design

Urban Design: Ornament and Decoration

Author: Moughtin C, Oc T, Tiesdell S
Publish date: 1995
Publisher: Butterworth, Oxford
Keywords: townscape, Urban Design, visual interpretation

Urban Design: Street and Square

Author: Moughtin, Cliff
Publish date: 1992
Publisher: Butterworths, Oxford
Abstract: Offers a detailed analysis of urban design of the streets, squares and buildings that make up the face of towns and cities. It looks at them in terms of function, structure and symbolism while explaining the evolutiuon of the theories on which the urban desgn methodology is based. Case studies analyse the arrangement, design and detailing of public spaces, roadways and buildings and evaluate their role in the planning of cities.
Keywords: public space, streets, theory, townscape, Urban Design

Urban Design: The American Experience

Author: Lang, J
Publish date: 1994
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Keywords: behavioural, theory, Urban Design

Urban Environment: Past, present and future

Author: Golany,G.S.
Publish date: 2001
Journal: Urban Design Studies, Vol 7
Abstract: This paper examines the concept of relation between man, nature and heaven. It looks at the posibility of order where social ethics govern the use of space, a perspective that contrasts with modern western society. The need for balance between technologicl dominance and human mental needs is also examined.
Keywords: cultural, design strategy, psychology

Urban environmentalism: in the twilight between vice and virtue

Author: Brand, P
Publish date: 1997
Journal: Urban Design International, Vol 1(4)
Pages: 357 - 360
Abstract: Short paper about the significance of "sustainability" in planning and design. The author argues that without a clearer scientific understanding of the environmental problem that the current interest in green issues is similar in nature "...to the aesthetic display of pre-romanticist sensibility in its disregard for urban social processes and problems."
Keywords: sustainability

Urban Environments As Visual Art or as Social Setting?

Author: Jarvis, R K
Publish date: 1980
Journal: Town Planning Review Vol 51
Pages: 50-66
Keywords: art, behavioural, social aspects of design, style, theory, Urban Design

Urban Excellence

Author: Langdon, P
Publish date: 1990
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Keywords: practice, regeneration, united states of america

Urban Expansion: Look Back and Learn

Author: Murrain, P
Editor: Hayward, R and McGlynn S
Publish date: 1993
Journal: Making Better Places: Urban Design Now
Publisher: Butterworth Architecture, Oxford
Pages: 83-94
Keywords: edge city

Urban Form in the Arab World

Author: Bianca,S
Publish date: June 2000
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Abstract: Developing an understanding of traditional buildings in the Arab-Islamic world including a look at the problems faced by historic cities in the light of Western influence.
Keywords: cultural, urban form

Urban Identities: Creating City Images

Author: Finke, G
Publish date: May 1999
Publisher: Hearst Books International
Abstract: A guide to urban sign planning, giving inspiration to environmental designers, city planners and those involved in signage in the urban space.
Keywords: public space, visual interpretation

Urban Landscapes: International Perspectives

Author: Whitehand, J W R and Larkham, P J (eds)
Publish date: 1992
Publisher: Routledge, London
Keywords: cultural, housing, morphology, social aspects of design, typology

Urban Life in Transition

Author: Gottdiener, M and Pickvance, C G (eds)
Publisher: Sage, Beverly Hills
Keywords: social aspects of design, theory

Urban Morphology

Author: Lane, Andrea
Publish date: April 1991
Journal: Urban Design Quarterly
Pages: 10-13
Keywords: morphology, townscape, typology

Urban Morphology and Urban Design: A Review

Author: Lane, Andrea
Publish date: 1993
Journal: Occasional Paper No 35, Dept of Planning and Landscape, Univ of Manchester
Keywords: morphology, townscape, typology

Urban Morphology in Design Research Note 19

Author: Samuels, I
Publish date: 1985
Publisher: Joint Centre for Urban Design, Oxford Brookes Univ
Keywords: morphology, process

Urban Open Spaces

Author: Woolley, H
Publish date: 2003
Publisher: London: Spon Press
Abstract: The book discusses the benefits that different types of urban space bring to individuals
Keywords: public space, social aspects of design, urban form

Urban Planning & Landscape Design: International directory of design

Author: Lauzzana,R. Denise,E. and Penrose,M
Publish date: February 2001
Publisher: Penrose

Urban Regeneration a guide to financial and other assistance for business

Author: Department of the Environment (UK)
Publish date: 1988
Publisher: HMSO, London
Keywords: regeneration

Urban Renewal Theory and Practice

Author: Couch, C
Publish date: 1990
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Keywords: regeneration

Urban Renewal, Heritage Planning and the Remaking of an Inner-city Suburb

Author: Alan Latham
Publish date: 2000
Journal: Planning Practice and Research Vol 15 (4)
Pages: 285-298
Abstract: A case study of heritage planning in Auckland, New Zealand. Looks at the morphology and characteristics of New Zealand suburban cities, including a lack of centredness and history. It aims to chart the evolution of heritage and urban design strategies and the building of a sense of identity and community.
Keywords: community, heritage, identity, new zealand

Urban Scapes

Author: Arco Editorial
Publish date: August 2001
Publisher: Nati Books Network

Urban Space

Author: Krier, R
Publish date: 1979
Publisher: Academy Editions, London
Keywords: morphology, spatial interpretation, typology, urban form

Urban Space and its Information Field

Author: Salingaros, N A
Publish date: 1999
Journal: Journal of Urban Design, Vol 4 (1)
Pages: 29 - 49
Abstract: Paper that argues that the use of urban space is linked to the information field generated by the design of surrounding surfaces. It is argued that this field of information determines the optimal positioning of pedestrian paths and nodes, and that the richness of the information field in historic environments explains their popularity.
Keywords: behavioural, psychology, public space, semiotics

Urban Space and Structures

Author: Martin L and March L (eds)
Publish date: 1972
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Keywords: morphology

Urban Space Details

Author: Arco Publishing
Publish date: April 1999
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Keywords: urban form

Urban Spaces

Author: Dixon,J
Publish date: November 1999
Publisher: Hearst Books International
Abstract: This publication illustrates the contextural element of urban design looking at aspects including plazas, office buildings, mixed-use developments and townhouses.
Keywords: Urban Design

Urban SPaces: Streets, squares and parks

Author: Arco Editorial
Publish date: June 2001
Publisher: Nati Books Network
Keywords: public space

Urban Streetscapes: A Workbook for Designers

Author: Gibbons, J and Oberholzer, B
Publish date: 1992
Publisher: Blackwell Scientific, Oxford
Keywords: standards, streets, techniques

Urban Structure- Halifax: An urban design approach

Author: Sandalack,A and Nicolia,A
Publish date: January 1999
Publisher: Tuns Pr
Keywords: practice, Urban Design

Urban Suprises: A guide to public art in Los Angeles

Author: Gerace,G
Publish date: July 2002
Publisher: Balcony Press
Keywords: art, public space

Urban Transformations: a history of design ideas

Author: Hanson, J
Publish date: 2000
Journal: Urban Design International, Vol 5 (2)
Pages: 97-122
Abstract: This article looks at the history of design ideas through the use of syntax analysis. It tries to link the changes identified with changing social ideas through history and encourage urban designers to understand how inequalities in power and control get built into assumptions.
Keywords: history, social aspects of design

Urban Transformations: Power, people and urban design

Author: Bentley, I
Publish date: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Abstract: Cities undergo continual change, transforming their physical fabric and patterns of use. The transformation process has intensified globally and the speed of change increased, whilst its nature has grown ever more intense. This text introduces contemporary approaches to urban transformation, encompassing both production and consumption and exploring the links between social theory and built form. The text explores how the processes of urban transformation works, investigates why this process generates a particular urban product, and enquires into the human experience of this product, how people use urban environments and how cities can be transformed into better places.
Keywords: commercial, development process, theory, urbanism

Urban Villages and the Making of Communities

Author: Neal, P
Editor: Peter Neal, with a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
Publish date: 2003
Publisher: Spon Press
Abstract: The book discusses the alternative approach to creating suddessful and sustainable urban communites by the urban village movement. It goes on to describe the principals and processes behind creating successful neighbourhoods while addressing issues of design, planning and management and the implememtnation of such design principals. The book is illustrated effectively with 48 pages of case studies.
Keywords: community, design strategy, management, neighbourhood, neo-traditional, planning, Urban Design

Urban Villages: A concept for creating mixed-use urban developments on a sustainable scale

Author: Aldous, T
Publish date: 1992
Publisher: Urban Villages Group, London
Keywords: community, mixed use, neo-traditional, new settlements, sustainability

Urban Wasteland Now

Author: Civic Trust
Publish date: 1988
Publisher: Civic Trust, London
Keywords: regeneration

Urbanism

Author: Gosling D and Maitland B (eds)
Publish date: 1984
Journal: Architectural Design Profiles
Keywords: urbanism

User Choice and Urban Form: The Impact of Commercial Redevelopment Research Note 18

Author: Bentley, I
Publish date: April 1984
Pages: 1-11
Keywords: commercial, urban form

Using Cojoint Analysis to Formulate User Centred Guidelines for Urban Design:The example of new residential development in Israel

Author: Katoshevski,R. and Timmermans,H.
Publish date: 2001
Journal: Journal of Urban Design, Vol 6 (1)
Pages: 37-53
Abstract: This article looks at the application of cojoint analysis as an approach to urban design, reviewing the implications that is has and user preferences. Based on research in Israel
Keywords: planning, techniques

Utopia on Trial Second Edition

Author: Coleman, A
Publish date: 1990
Publisher: Hilary Shipman, London
Keywords: accessibility, behavioural, housing, security, theory