Planning: the American dream
Series: Building ; 269(8359) 26 November 2004, 41-44(4)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: Describes how the UK is borrowing ideas for key housing projects from the United States. This new urbanism means getting community interest groups to meet architects, planners and politicians to establish specific principles and standards. This is perhaps going against the grain of much of British architectural thought as design codes are possibly too rigid leaving designers with little flexibility in their work. Includes a list of 10 things you didn't know about new urbanism.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS68497 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 128287-1001 |
Describes how the UK is borrowing ideas for key housing projects from the United States. This new urbanism means getting community interest groups to meet architects, planners and politicians to establish specific principles and standards. This is perhaps going against the grain of much of British architectural thought as design codes are possibly too rigid leaving designers with little flexibility in their work. Includes a list of 10 things you didn't know about new urbanism.