Urban Design: Ornament and Decoration
Editorial Reviews
Review
Review of first edition:
'This book is a serious, well-reasoned discussion of the subject with a good bibliography.'
Urban Design Quarterly
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Paperback
edition.
Book Description
'Urban Design: Ornament and Decoration' focuses on decorating the city and how ornament has been used to bring delight to the urban scene.
The authors show how the pattern and distribution of street and square and other major elements in the city can be enhanced by the judicious use of decorative surface treatment and by the careful placing of hard and soft landscape features.
This second edition, updated by Cliff Moughtin and now available in paperback, includes a new chapter on mud architecture. Case studies of city decoration are also outlined to bring together the ideas discussed and to show how ornament and decoration can be used to emphasize the five components of city form: the path, the node, the edge, the landmark and the district.
*Generously illustrated with case studies
*New chapter on mud architecture
*Part of the successful Cliff Moughtin urban design series
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Urban Design: Ornament and Decoration
Urban Design: Ornament and Decoration,Cliff Moughtin,Taner Oc,Steven Tiesdell,Butterworth-Heinemann,0750607920,Architecture,Art, Municipal,Decoration & Ornament,Planning,Urban Design,Urban beautification,City & town planning - architectural aspects
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