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Ourtopias : cities and the role of design

Title
Ourtopias : cities and the role of design / edited by Paola Poletto, Philip Beesley, Catherine Molnar.
Publication
[Cambridge, Ont.] : Riverside Architectural Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Beesley, Philip, 1956-
  • Poletto, Paola, 1969-
  • Molnar, Catherine.
  • Design Exchange (Firm)
  • Canadian Design Research Network.
Description
130 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm
Subject
  • City planning
  • Design urbain
Note
  • Published in partnership with the Canadian Design Research Network and the Design Exchange.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / Paola Poletto and Philip Beesley -- Ourtopia: Ideal Cities and the Role of Design in Remaking Urban Space / Bruce Kuwabara -- Condomanial: Condominium Culture and Cities of Convenience / Mason White -- John M. Lyle and the Civic Improvement Committee: A Head, a Heart, and a Pulse to Toronto / Glenn Mcarthur -- Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a Multicultural City / Ian Chodikoff -- Bewarel Traffic Ahead! Destination: Utopia / Akin Sevinc -- From Urban Cell to Global Hive / Maria Del C. Vera and Shai Yeshayahu -- Genius Loci: The Need for Urban Scenography / Adam Kolodziej -- Towards Constructive Dialogue: Real-Time Visualization and Geographic Information Systems / Thomas Seebohm and John Danahy -- Landscape Manufacturing / James Kirkpatrick -- Ravine City and Farm City / Chris Hardwicke -- Towards a Design Nation / Douglas Macleod, Larissa Muller, David Covo and Richard Levy -- Afterword / Robert F. Woodbury.
ISBN
  • 9780980985603
  • 0980985609
LCCN
40016908715
OCLC
  • 226999174
  • ocn226999174
  • SCSB-9248832
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries