This guidebook is perfect for any architect, planner, urban designer or developer
Item #: 160-4123-08
ISBN: 0470041234
ISBN13: 9780470041239
Author: Ellen Dunham-Jones, June Williamson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Manufacturer Item #: 9780470041239 Format: Hardcover
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Retrofitting Suburbia is a comprehensive guidebook that shows how development in existing suburbs can absorb new growth while evolving in relation to a changed demographic and economic conditions. This is an essential resource for planners, architects, developers and urban designers, illustrating how existing suburbs can be redeveloped and redesigned. 272 pages.
Table of Contents:
Part I. The Argument.
Chapter 1: Instant Cities, Instant Architecture, and Incremental Metropolitanism.
Part II. The Examples.
Chapter 2: Retrofitting Garden Apartments and Residential Subdivisions to address density and The new demographics.
Chapter 3: Residential Case Study: Changes to "Levittown".
Chapter 4: From Commercial Strips to Social and Sustainable Infrastructure.
Chapter 5: Strips Case Study: Mashpee Commons, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Chapter 6: From Regional Malls, to New Downtowns Through Mixed-Use and Public Space.
Chapter 7: Mall Case Study: Cottonwood, Holladay, Utah.
Chapter 8: Mall Case Study: Belmar, Lakewood, Colorado.
Chapter 9: Edge City Infill: Improving Walkability and Interconnectivity.
Chapter 10: Edge City Case Study: Downtown Kendall/Dadeland, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Chapter 11: Office and Industrial Park Retrofits to Recruit The Creative Class.
Chapter 12: Office Park Case Study: University Town Center, Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Retrofitting Suburbia
