Attoe: American Urban Architecture: Catalysis In The Design Of Cities (cloth): Catalysts in the Design of Cities - Hardcover

Attoe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520061527 ISBN 13: 9780520061521

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

Synopsis

Wayne Attoe and Donn Logan propose a specifically American theory of urban design. They see the characteristic features of American cities - the grid, loft buildings, distinctive styling - as opportunities for an American rather than a European-derived urbanism. Their paradigm of urban regeneration should interest practising architects and urban policymakers as well as students of urban design.

About this title

About the Author:

Wayne Attoe is Professor of Architecture at Louisiana State University, a practicing architect, and the author of Skylines: Understanding and Molding Urban Silhouettes and Architecture and the Critical Imagination. Donn Logan is a founding partner of ELS/Elbasani & Logan Architects and has completed many downtown plans and major architectural projects around the nation and abroad. From 1966 to 1986 he was a professor of architecture at the University of California at Berkeley.

From the Inside Flap:

"Any study which provides a better understanding of the peculiar characteristics of American urbanism, particularly with respect to its real differences from traditional European models, is extremely useful. I foundAmerican Urban Architecture thoughtful and provocative and strongly recommend it to all who are involved with the search for better urban design strategies for the American city. Attoe and Logan deserve our attention and respect."Jacquelin T. Robertson, Cooper Robertson + Partners, New York; former Dean, University of Virginia School of Architecture

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0520061527
• ISBN 13: 9780520061521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 205