Kalvin Platt

Gebundenes Buch

Master-Planned Communities

Lessons from the Developments of Chuck Cobb

Beschreibung

Describing a wide range of communities, this record offers practical information for sustainability-oriented developers and urban-design professionals. Packed with outstanding photography, this overview of projects developed over the past 50 years discusses the importance of open space, mixed housing types, connectivity, and other smart-growth features in master-planned communities. This book is a must read for those in the real estate industry, including developers, planners, architects, and consultants.

Autor

Kalvin Platt is a fellow at the American Institute of Architects and a planner and urban designer with more than 50 years of experience. He is the lead planning consultant to Charles Cobb at the Arvida Corporation and the chairman of SWA Group, an international landscape design and planning firm. He lives in Sausalito, California.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Urban Land Institute
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 262mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1361g
• ISBN-13: 9780874201611
• ISBN-10: 0874201616
• Artikelnr.: 33624541