Waterfronts: Cities Reclaim Their Edge
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
Published on 30. December 1993
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-07-068458-4 (ISBN)
Description
Architects, developers, and urban planners could see the dynamic urban waterfront in a new light in this compendium, filled with illustrations of award-winning projects. Demonstrating various functional uses of waterfront facilities on harbour fronts, shorelines, lakefronts and riverways, the book contains ideas for those planning and designing new waterfront projects. Included are vividly illustrated examples of commercial waterfront development, waterfront parks, boathouses and marinas, waterfront housing, industrial waterfront properties, the artistic/cultural waterfront uses, historic preservation and adaptive reuse. Readers will also see why a jury of nationally known architects award top prizes to the Monterey Bay Aquarium (California); Harbour Town (Hilton Head); Horace Dodge Memorial Fountain (Detroit); Coastal Corporation Terminal (Boston); Cincinnati Gateway Riverwalk; and Roebling Bridge/Delaware Aqueduct (Pennsylvania and New York). Each project description includes a locational and site map and the names and addresses of all participants for obtaining further information.
The potential of waterfront property in the United States is enormous - but also poses challenging design problems. "Waterfronts" provides practical as well as creative ideas and designs that should help architectural firms take advantage of waterfront redevelopment in American cities.
The potential of waterfront property in the United States is enormous - but also poses challenging design problems. "Waterfronts" provides practical as well as creative ideas and designs that should help architectural firms take advantage of waterfront redevelopment in American cities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
110 half-tones, 70 line drawings, 40 colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-068458-4 (9780070684584)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction.The Urban Waterfront Phenomenon.The Cultural Waterfront.The Environmental Waterfront.The Historic Waterfront.Housing on the Waterfront.The Commercial Waterfront.Waterfront Parks.The Working Waterfront.Waterfront Plans.