The Future of the City : Tall Buildings and Urban Design.
The book discusses spatial planning and sustainable strategies as well as offers pragmatic architectural and urban design guidelines to better design tall buildings for future cities.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Acknowledgments; The Future of the City: Tall Buildings and Urban Design; Copyright page; Preface; Table of contents; Introduction: Reshaping cities in the vertical age; Chapter 1: The logic of vertical density; 1. Definitions; 2. Overview; 3. Why Tall Buildings?; 4. Arguments against Tall Buildings; 5. Tall Buildings in the 21st Century; Chapter 2: Economics and city infrastructure; 1. Economic Considerations; 2. City Infrastructure; 3. Social Services; Chapter 3: The city skyline and visual integration; 1. Historical Context; 2. Skyline Impact and Visual Integration; 3. Night Skyline. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 4: Placemaking with tall buildings1. Elements of Imageability; 2. Human Scale; 3. Socioeconomic Activities; 4. Cultural Associations; Chapter 5: Achieving architectural and engineering qualities; 1. Design Quality; 2. Anatomy of the Tall Building; 3. Quality in Space Programming; 4. Engineering Systems; 5. Microclimates around Tall Buildings; 6. Security; 7. Sustainable Design; 8. Management and Operations; Chapter 6: The rise of the iconic high-rise; 1. Vertical Iconicity; 2. Why Iconic Skyscrapers?; 3. Classification of Iconic Towers; 4. Iconic Tall Buildings and the City. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 7: Strategies for regulating vertical density1. Nature and Importance of Regulations; 2. Guiding Spatial Strategies; 3. Zoning and Controlling Density; 4. Form-Based Codes; 5. Envisioning and Digital Tools; Chapter 8: Sustainable tall buildings and cities; 1. Facets of Sustainability; 2. Sustainable Design Features, Technologies, and Strategies; 3. Sustainable High-Rise Cities; 4. From Cityscape to Skyscape; 5. Toward Creating Sustainable Cities; 6. New Sustainable Cities; Chapter 9: Urban and architectural design guidelines; 1. The Greater Perspective. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2. Design Guidelines for Tall Buildings3. Guide for Evaluation of Tall Building Proposals; 4. Public Participation; Chapter 10: Skyscraper cities of the world; 1. The International Scene; 2. East and Southeast Asia; 3. Middle East and South Asia; 4. Australia; 5. Europe; 6. North America; Chapter 11: Innovative Urban Design for Tall Buildings; 1. Iconic Design; 2. Generic; 3. Sustainable Urban Design; 4. Ecological Urban Design; 5. Eco-Iconic Approach; 6. Fantasy-Driven Design; 7. Necessity-Driven Design; 8. Futuristic Urban Design; Chapter 12: Future skyscraper cities. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 1. Attraction to Cities2. Visionary Skyscrapers; 3. Visionary Cities; 4. Skyscraper Cities of the 21st Century; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. | |
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