"The wisest, clearest introduction I know to the art and science of designing cities."-- Robert Campbell, Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe architecture critic Featuring projects that have won The American Institute of Architects' (AIA) National Honor Awards for Urban Design in recent years, this is a comprehensive book of tools and information on urban design. Endorsed by the AIA and written by the 2005 and 2006 chairs, respectively, of the AIA's Regional and Urban Design Committee, this unique guide provides urban designers, architects, and students with contemporary urban design paradigms and principles, processes, and design tools for various project types and scales, such as downtowns, neighborhoods, Main Street revitalization, waterfronts, and college campuses. “我所知道的关于城市设计艺术和科学的最明智、最清晰的介绍。”——罗伯特·坎贝尔,普利策奖得主、《波士顿环球报》建筑评论家 这是一本全面的城市设计工具和信息书,收录了近年来获得美国建筑师协会(AIA)国家城市设计荣誉奖的项目。这本独特的指南得到了美国建筑师协会的认可,并分别由美国建筑师协会区域和城市设计委员会2005年和2006年的主席撰写,为城市设计师、建筑师和学生提供了当代城市设计范式和原则、流程以及各种项目类型和规模的设计工具,如市中心、社区、主街复兴、滨水区和大学校园。
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