TABLE OF CONTENTS
Time Saver Standards for Urban Design.

 
Time-Saver Standards for URBAN DESIGN
  Donald Watson, FAIA Editor  
     
  Introduction Donald Watson, FAIA Editor
     
1 CONTEXT OF GLOBAL CITIES  
1.1 Population and the urban future Fornos, Werner, et al.
1.2 Metropolis: spatial organization of seven large cities Bertaud, Alain
1.3 How the other half builds Bhatt, Vikram and Witold Rybczynski
1.4 Junctions of town and country Kostof, Spiros
1.5 The regional city Calthorpe, Peter
1.6 A realistic approach to city and suburban planning Garvin, Alexander
     
2 CLASSIC TEXTS OF URBAN DESIGN  
2.1 City building according to artistic principles 1898 Sitte, Camillo
2.3 Une cite industrielle 1917 Garnier, Tony
2.2 Civic Art 1922 Hagemann, Werner & Elbert Peets
2.4 The neighborhood unit 1929 Perry, Charles Arthur
2.5 Athens Charter 1940 Le Corbusier
2.6 A tale of two cities 1949 Rassmussen, Steen Eiler
2.7 The Radburn idea 1957 Stein, Clarence
2.8 The square in space and time 1959 Zucker, Paul
2.9 City image and its elements 1960 Lynch, Kevin
2.10 Generators of diversity 1961 Jacobs, Jane
2.11 Design structure of Baroque Rome 1976 Bacon, Edmund
2.12 Social life of small urban spaces 1980 Whyte, William H.
     
3 URBAN DESIGN HISTORY and THEORY  
3.1 Introduction to townscape Cullen, Gordon
3.2 The grid as generator Martin, Leslie
3.3 C.A. Doxiadis and the science of human settlements Lang, Jurg
3.4 Urban infrastructure Smithson, Alison and Peter
3.5 Shadrach Woods and the architecture of everyday urbanism Feld, Gabriel
3.6 Excerpt: Learning from Las Vegas Venturi, Scott Brown, and Izenour
3.7 Problems of classification Rossi, Aldo
3.8 Crisis of the object Rowe, Colin and Fred Koetter
3.9 Elements of the concept of urban space Krier, Robert
3.10 Charter of New Urbanism Charter of New Urbanism
     
4 METHODS OF URBAN DESIGN  
4.1 How plans work Hopkins, Lewis D.
4.2 Representation Bell, Matthew and Cheryl A. O'Neill
4.3 Making a visual suvey Spreiregan, Paul
4.4 Sketchbook: Piazza di Spagna Dvorak, Robert Regis
4.5 Planning for urban conservation Cohen, Nahoum
4.6 The solar envelope Knowles, Ralph
4.7 Urban design and climate Givoni, Baruch
4.8 Bioclimatic design at the site planning scale Watson, Donald, and Kenneth Labs
4.9 Sustainable design Watson, Donald, ed.
4.10 Community design charrettes Watson, Donald with Chad Floyd
4.1 Community design centers: an alternative practice Blake, Sheri
     
5 REGIONAL AND URBAN-WIDE SCALE  
5.1 Design characteristics of Maryland's traditional settlements Hill, John W.
5.2 Visualizing a region's future Yaro, Robert D. and Raymond Gastil
5.3 Urban farming Hough, Michael
5.4 Urban bikeways Klein, Jim and Elizabeth Lardner
5.5 Greenways Schwarz, Loring LaB., ed.
5.6 Heritage areas as an approach to regional planning Means, Mary C.
5.7 Main Street-Two decades of lessons learned Means, Mary C.
5.8 Transit-centered urban villages Cervero, Robert and Michael Bernick
5.9 The concept of urban catalysts Logan, Donn and Wayne Attoe
5.10 The Anglo-American suburb Stern, Robert A.M.
5.11 Lexicon of the New Urbanism Duany, Andres and E. Plater-Zyberk
     
6 ELEMENTS OF THE CITY  
6.1 Urban atriums Bednar, Michael J.
6.2 Courtyards: Guidelines for planning and design Reynolds, John S.
6.3 Making Great streets Jacobs, Alan B.
6.4 The multiway boulevard Macdonald, Elizabeth
6.5 Planning and design for pedestrians Fruin, John J.
6.6 Pedestrian zones: a design guide Brambilla, Robert and Gianni Longo
6.7 Pedestrian precincts: twelve European cities Brambilla, Robert and Gianni Longo
6.8 Urban plazas: design review checklist Cooper-Marcus, Claire
6.9 Shared outdoor spaces Cooper-Marcus, Claire
6.10 Universal design of outdoor play areas Goltsman, Susan
     
7 DETAILS  
7.1 Universal design for urban transportation Steinfeld, Edward
7.2 Traffic calming Kulash, Walter
7.3 Parking Childs, Mark
7.4 Urban green infratructure Schneekloth, Lynda
7.5 Urban waterways Schneekloth, Lynda
7.6 Graphic communication, way finding and interpretive planning Watson, Donald
7.7 Better air quality at street level Spirn, Anne Winston
7.8 Urban acoustics Cowan, Jame P.
7.9 Telecommunications infrastructure Cooper, Walter A.
7.10 Urban outdoor lighting Clandon, Nancy
     
8 CASE STUDIES  
8.1 Case studies in urban design Shibley, Robert
8.2 The 1972 Portland downtown plan Shibley, R. and D. Herzberg
8.3 Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA Shibley, R and D. Herzberg
8.4 Pike Place Market, Seattle Washington Shibley, R and D. Herzberg
8.5 Making and sustaining excellent urban places Shibley, et al.