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Built Environment : A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning by Tom J. Bartuska (2007, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100470007524
ISBN-139780470007525
eBay Product ID (ePID)57019109
Product Key Features
Number of Pages424 Pages
Publication NameBuilt Environment : a Collaborative Inquiry Into Design and Planning
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectDesign, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Sustainability & Green Design
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArchitecture
AuthorTom J. Bartuska
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight44.4 Oz
Item Length11.3 in
Item Width8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2006-103532
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal720.47
Table Of ContentEditors' Notes and Acknowledgments. Contributing Authors and Their Affiliations. Preface to the First Edition, Ian L. McHarg. PART I: Introduction: Definition, Design, and Development of the Built Environment. Chapter 1: The Built Environment: Definition and Scope (TOM J. BARTUSKA). Chapter 2: Four Traditions in the Built Environment (HENRY C. MATTHEWS). PART II: Central Issues: Human-Environmental-Technical Dimensions of a Quality Environment. Chapter 3: Understanding Environment(s): Built and Natural (TOM J. BARTUSKA). Chapter 4: Designing with People: Human Behavior, Culture, and User Participation (PAUL G. WINDLEY AND WENDY R. MCCLURE). Chapter 5: Designing with the Environment: Land and Climate (MICHAEL S. OWEN AND BRUCE T. HAGLUND). Chapter 6: Designing with Technology: A Collaborative and Creative Process (MATTHEW A. TAYLOR AND KENNETH L. CARPER). Chapter 7: Designing with a Visual Language: Elements and Ordering Systems (GREGORY A. KESSLER). PART III: The Design and Planning Components (Levels of Integration) in the Built Environment. COMPONENT 1: PRODUCTS: Industrial and Product Design. Chapter 8: The Humanly Made Object (CATHERINE M. BICKNELL). Chapter 9: From Craft Tradition to Industrial Design (CATHERINE M. BICKNELL). COMPONENT 2: INTERIORS: Interior Design. Chapter 10: Cultural Blueprints of Human Existence (JOHN C. TURPIN). Chapter 11: Human Nature and the Near Environment (NANCY H. BLOSSOM). Chapter 12: Interior Design: Contemporary Issues and Challenges (JO ANN A. THOMPSON AND TINA H. JOHANSEN). COMPONENT 3: STRUCTURES: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction. Chapter 13: Historic and Contemporary Trends in Architecture (KATHERINE M. KEANE). Chapter 14: Architecture as a Cultural Layer (WENDY R. MCCLURE). Chapter 15: The Fitness Test: Designing with Human and Environmental Factors (BRUCE T. HAGLUND AND TOM J. BARTUSKA). Chapter 16: Engineering Contributions (CARL W. HALL). Chapter 17: Constructing the Built Environment (W. MAX KIRK). COMPONENT 4: LANDSCAPES: Landscape Architecture and Planning. Chapter 18: Landscape Architecture through Time (FREDERICK R. STEINER). Chapter 19: Landscape Architecture Today: Purpose, Process, and Palette (KENNETH R. BROOKS). Chapter 20: Comparative Campus Design and Planning (PHILLIP S. WAITE). COMPONENT 5: CITIES: Urban Design and Planning. Chapter 21: The History of Urbanization (ROBERT J. PATTON). Chapter 22: The Inherited City as a Resource (ROBERT M. BARON). Chapter 23: Cities Today: The Imprint of Human Needs in Urban Patterns and Form (TOM J. BARTUSKA). Chapter 24: Urban Design and Planning (MICHAEL S. OWEN). COMPONENT 6: REGIONS: Regional Planning and Management. Chapter 25: Defining and Planning the Regional Context (BARBARA M. PARMENTER). Chapter 26: Regional Planning: Historic and Contemporary Developments (FREDERICK R. STEINER). Chapter 27: Connections: Products to Regional Planning and Policies (WILLIAM W. BUDD). COMPONENT 7: EARTH: Global Policies, Planning, and Management. Chapter 28: Global Life-Support System and the Built Environment (ELDON H. FRANZ). Chapter 29: Taking Local-Global Action in the Built Environment (DIANE ARMPRIEST). PART IV: Challenges: Designing and Planning a Quality Sustainable Environment for All. Chapter 30: Urbanization and the Global Housing Crisis (BASHIR A. KAZIMEE). Chapter 31: Livable/Sustainable Communities (WENDY R. MCCLURE). Chapter 32: Conspectus (TOM J. BARTUSKA). Index.
SynopsisThis book takes a sweeping view of the ways we build things, beginning at the scale of products and interiors, to that of regions and global systems. In doing so, it answers questions on how we effect and are affected by our environment and explores how components of what we make--from products, buildings, and cities--are interrelated, and why designers and planners must consider these connections., Drawing from the expertise of prominent academics in their respective fields, this collaborative work takes a sweeping view of the ways we build things, beginning at the scale of products and interiors, to that of regions and global systems., The Built Environment Second Edition Drawing from the expertise of thirty prominent academics in their respective fields, this Second Edition of The Built Environment is a collaborative work that takes an integrated and global view of the components and contexts that compose the built environment the products, interiors, structures, landscapes, cities, and regions within the context of the earth's life support system. This important work encourages readers to explore the interconnectedness of human-created objects, places, and systems that enrich our life. The Second Edition of The Built Environment builds on the solid foundation of the first edition and has been thoroughly updated to present a timely exploration of advances in sustainable design and planning. This new edition of The Built Environment : Serves as a comprehensive introduction to design and planning Emphasizes collaboration, professional responsibility, and sustainability Brings together in one volume the contributions from leading designers and planners Forms a holistic understanding of virtually all aspects of the built environment The Built Environment is filled with the knowledge and experience of well-known product and interior designers, architects and engineers, landscape designers, urban designers, and city, regional, and global planners. The contributors demonstrate the importance of collaborative effort in dealing with complex subjects in a unified and holistic framework, fostering constructive ideas, positive developments, and a sustainable world. The Built Environment encourages people to enter into an inclusive study of the built world which we all share and shape.
LC Classification NumberNA2750
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