New American Urbanism: Re-Forming the Suburban Metropolis (Skira Architecture Library)

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Summary: not for beginners
Review: As another reviewer suggests, this book is no doubt useful for architects and planners, because it covers the mundane details of building developments that accommodate non-motorists. But it is very dry, hardly a book for someone getting his or her feet wet in this area.

Rating:
Summary: not for beginners
Review: As another reviewer suggests, this book is no doubt useful for architects and planners, because it covers the mundane details of building developments that accommodate non-motorists. But it is very dry, hardly a book for someone getting his or her feet wet in this area.

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Summary: very useful guideline for planning
Review: Since I quickly reviewed this book first time,I found and believe that it's will be useful guideline for us on planning process.The most important info in back of this book showing so many diagrams to help us chek our planning very easily and fast.These info including general section of streets,developement of several cities,planning process,relationship between building type and density,analysis of public streetscape,neighborhood scale,block figues and transet zoning...After getting these analysis diagrams,I can findout and check suitable block scale and type between different schemes easily and fast on planning working.
It's not nonsense,after reading it you will own it and are unable to hold yourself back.I also recommend it for many friends of mine in Taiwan.