In eleven pointed and sometimes provocative conversations, the author - an architect and professor of architecture - tries to use a critique of contemporary urban planning to develop principles for re-establishing the discipline. In seven programmatic projects, he shows how these principles can be implemented in urban fragments and what a fresh start of that kind can look like,...(展开全部)

<DIV>Fifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct architectural and planning practice. Today, with the world’s urban population surpassing three billion people, urban design has become more crucial than ever. Indeed, the concerns that initially brought leading architects and city planners together—including concerns over spr...(展开全部)

Essential reading for students and practitioners of urban design, this collection of essays introduces the 6 dimensions of urban design through a range of the most important classic and contemporary key texts. Urban design as a form of place making has become an increasingly significant area of academic endeavour, of public policy and professional practice. Compiled by the a...(展开全部)

Essential reading for students and practitioners of urban design, this collection of essays introduces the 6 dimensions of urban design through a range of the most important classic and contemporary key texts. Urban design as a form of place making has become an increasingly significant area of academic endeavour, of public policy and professional practice. Compiled by the a...(展开全部)

The Urban Design Reader brings together some of the most influential writing on the historical development and contemporary practice of urban design. Emerging as a distinct field of environmental design practice in the late 1950s, urban design bridges the fields of architecture, planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, urban development, and social science - with ...(展开全部)

The Urban Design Reader brings together some of the most influential writing on the historical development and contemporary practice of urban design. Emerging as a distinct field of environmental design practice in the late 1950s, urban design bridges the fields of architecture, planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, urban development, and social science - with ...(展开全部)

How do we see the world around us? "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enligh...(展开全部)

How do we see the world around us? "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as 'the new Leonardo'. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enligh...(展开全部)

奧托·艾舍（Otl Aicher，1922年5月13日－1991年9月1日），生於烏爾姆，1991年9月1日逝於拜揚邦鈞茲堡。艾舍在一個堅決與納粹極權對立的環境中長大。讀小學時，與偉納紹爾（Werner Scholl）為同校同學。之後認識漢斯和蘇菲，他們是偉納的弟妹。為一位天主教信徒，青少年時期，他因為拒絕加入希特勒少年隊，而於1937年被逮捕，且被禁止參加1941年的高中畢業考試。（但二戰結束後，學校補頒給他高中畢業文憑）。1941年被徵召入伍，納粹黨欲提供他當軍官的機會，但被他拒絕。服役期間，他拒絕了所有可能升遷的機會，且由於受傷，得以不被派上戰場。 1943年，當漢斯和蘇菲兩兄妹因參與白玫瑰反抗納粹運動而被處決時，他協助了紹爾一家人。1945年他自軍中逃亡，和紹爾一家人躲在巴登符騰堡邦艾瓦廷恩。1946年，進入慕尼黑造型藝術學院學習雕刻，隔年在...(展开全部)

奧托·艾舍（Otl Aicher，1922年5月13日－1991年9月1日），生於烏爾姆，1991年9月1日逝於拜揚邦鈞茲堡。艾舍在一個堅決與納粹極權對立的環境中長大。讀小學時，與偉納紹爾（Werner Scholl）為同校同學。之後認識漢斯和蘇菲，他們是偉納的弟妹。為一位天主教信徒，青少年時期，他因為拒絕加入希特勒少年隊，而於1937年被逮捕，且被禁止參加1941年的高中畢業考試。（但二戰結束後，學校補頒給他高中畢業文憑）。1941年被徵召入伍，納粹黨欲提供他當軍官的機會，但被他拒絕。服役期間，他拒絕了所有可能升遷的機會，且由於受傷，得以不被派上戰場。 1943年，當漢斯和蘇菲兩兄妹因參與白玫瑰反抗納粹運動而被處決時，他協助了紹爾一家人。1945年他自軍中逃亡，和紹爾一家人躲在巴登符騰堡邦艾瓦廷恩。1946年，進入慕尼黑造型藝術學院學習雕刻，隔年在...(展开全部)