Significant contributor in the areas of landscape architecture and urban design, active over six decades in the 20th century. Biographical information and index to his projects.
Architect and town planner who cofounded Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company in 1980. (Books: Suburban Nation).
Founder and president of the Project for Public Spaces. Biography, publications, and interviews.
Author and founder of Doxiadis Associates, a private firm of consulting engineers, with a small group of architects and planners. (Books: Ekistics - An Introduction to the Science of Human Settlements).
Urban Designer and Professor, Jacobs has observed street users and has studied a wide array of street types and urban spaces around the world. Books: Making City Planning Work, Great Streets, Boulevard Book.
Penn's holy experiment and plan was idealistic to the point of utopianism. He wanted to establish a society that was godly, virtuous and exemplary for all of humanity.
The publication of City Planning According to Artistic Principles began a new era in Germanic city planning. Sitte strongly criticized the current emphasis on broad, straight boulevards, and public squares arranged primarily for the convenience of traffic.
Urbanidad- Urbanity- Urbanité: Research papers about urban planning in developing cities.
French planner famous for the redevelopment of Paris under Napoleon III.
Icelandic professor presents his curriculum vitae and details about two books, "Planning in Iceland" and "City and Nature."
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