Research Catalog

Title

Design review : challenging urban aesthetic control / Brenda Case Scheer and Wolfgang F.E. Preiser.

Author

Scheer, Brenda Case, 1951-

Publication

New York : Chapman & Hall, 1994.

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Additional Authors

Preiser, Wolfgang F. E.

Description

xxi, 219 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

• Though aesthetic legislation is now common practice in most cities and jurisdictions, the architecture literature has failed to address the issues and problems in this area. This volume corrects this omission by offering guidelines on creating and administering a design review program.
• Internationally recognized authorities on design review in architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, land use law, and urban policy discuss legal, procedural, and philosophical aspects of the subject, giving the reader a broad, multidisciplinary perspective. The book provides new ideas and practical advice on design review, with case studies from diverse historic, suburban, and urban communities.
• Inherent conflicts and inconsistencies in the concept of design control are also explored, enabling the reader to make design review decisions with confidence. Covering the latest developments in the widespread practice of design review, this pioneering volume will benefit architects, urban planners and policymakers, land use attorneys, and historic preservation professionals who must create, apply, or participate in design regulation.

Subjects

• City planning
• Architectural design > Standards

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk -- Preface / Wolfgang F. E. Preiser -- Introduction: The Debate on Design Review / Brenda Case Scheer -- 1. Democracy and Design / John Delafons -- 2. Reviewing New Design in Historic Districts / Ellen Beasley -- 3. Can the Process of Architectural Design Review Withstand Legal Scrutiny? / Richard Tseng-yu Lai -- 4. The Abuse of Discretionary Power / Brian W. Blaesser -- 5. Design Review and Conservation in England: Historical Development and Contemporary Relationships / John V. Punter -- 6. Design Review from the Inside / Bernard J. Frieden -- 7. Discovering Suburban Values through Design Review / Gary Hack -- 8. Design Review Comes to Phoenix / Grady Gammage, Jr. -- 9. Santa Fe Styles and Townscapes: The Search for Authenticity / Harry Moul -- 10. Transforming Suburbia: The Case Study of Bellevue, Washington / Mark L. Hinshaw -- 11. Discretionary Design Review: Shaping Downtown Cincinnati / Hayden May.
• 12. The New England Life: Design Review in Boston / Allan D. Wallis -- 13. Place-Making and Design Review / Michael Hough -- 14. Carbuncles, Columns, and Pyramids: Lay and Expert Evaluations of Contextual Design Strategies / Linda N. Groat -- 15. Local Architectural Language and Contextualism / Anthony D. Radford -- 16. Disciplinary Society and the Myth of Aesthetic Justice / Patrick J. Pouler -- 17. Private Design Review in Edge City / David J. Baab -- 18. Battery Park City: An American Dream of Urbanism / Francis P. Russell -- Epilogue / Witold Rybczynski.

ISBN

• 0412983516 :
• 0412991616 :

LCCN

94019274

OCLC

• 30546320
• ocm30546320

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries