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Auteur(s) : Al-Kodmany, Kheir
Ali, Mir M.
Titre(s) : The future of the city [Texte imprimé] : tall buildings and urban design / K. Al-Kodmany & M.M. Ali
Publication : Southampton ; Boston : WIT Press, c2013
Description matérielle : xii, 445 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 31 cm
Comprend : Contents note continued: 2.City Infrastructure ; 2.1.Transportation ; 2.2.Utilities
; 3.Social Services ; 3.1.Security ; 3.2.Health care ; 3.3.Recreation ; 3.4.Education
; 3.5.Fire safety ; ch. 3 The city skyline and visual integration ; 1.Historical
Context ; 1.1.The built heritage ; 1.2.Recent challenges ; 1.3.Managing change
; 1.4.The City of London ; 2.Skyline Impact and Visual Integration ; 2.1.Skyline
views ; 2.2.Design principles and approach ; 3.Night Skyline ; ch. 4 Placemaking
with tall buildings ; 1.Elements of Imageability ; 1.1.Landmarks ; 1.2.Paths ;
1.3.Edges ; 1.4.Districts ; 1.5.Nodes ; 1.6.Interrelationships of elements ; 2.Human
Scale ; 2.1.The tower base ; 2.2.Tower articulation ; 2.3.Streetscape ; 3.Socioeconomic
Activities ; 3.1.Location ; 3.2.The ground plane ; 3.3.Building access ; 3.4.Indoor
spaces ; 3.5.Public spaces ; 3.6.Public art as placemaker ; 4.Cultural Associations
; 4.1.The Petronas Towers ;
Contents note continued: 4.2.Jin Mao Tower ; 4.3.Burj Al Arab ; 4.4.Urban Forest
Tower ; 4.5.Shreepati Skies ; 4.6.Naga Towers ; ch. 5 Achieving architectural and
engineering qualities ; 1.Design Quality ; 1.1.Form and aesthetics ; 2.Anatomy
of the Tall Building ; 2.1.Physical components ; 2.2.Tall building segments ; 3.Quality
in Space Programming ; 3.1.Community spaces ; 3.2.Access and egress ; 4.Engineering
Systems ; 4.1.Structure and structural art ; 4.2.Environmental control systems
; 4.3.Quality of construction ; 5.Microclimates around Tall Buildings ; 6.Security
; 7.Sustainable Design ; 8.Management and Operations ; 8.1.Effect of design and
occupancy on operations ; ch. 6 The rise of the iconic high-rise ; 1.Vertical Iconicity
; 1.1.The four skyscraper ages ; 1.2.The age of pluralism, or the fifth skyscraper
age (ca. 1990-present) ; 2.Why Iconic Skyscrapers? ; 2.1.Human aspirations ; 2.2.Architectural
ambitions and people's perceptions ;
Contents note continued: 2.3.Computational power ; 2.4.Technological breakthroughs
; 3.Classification of Iconic Towers ; 3.1.Dynamic forms ; 3.2.Structural art forms
; 3.3.Green ; 4.Iconic Tall Buildings and the City ; ch. 7 Strategies for regulating
vertical density ; 1.Nature and Importance of Regulations ; 1.1.Purpose of regulations
; 1.2.Focus of regulations ; 1.3.Role of the government ; 1.4.Role of regulatory
bodies ; 1.5.Role of political leaders ; 2.Guiding Spatial Strategies ; 2.1.The
Compact City strategy ; 2.2.Decentralized Concentration strategy ; 2.3.Strategic
locations for tall buildings ; 2.4.Overlay analysis ; 3.Zoning and Controlling Density
; 3.1.Setbacks and building widths ; 3.2.Height ; 3.3.Floor area ratio ; 3.4.Open
space requirements ; 3.5.Parking and accessibility ; 3.6.Air rights ; 3.7.Air traffic
regulations ; 3.8.Incentive zoning ; 3.9.Tax increment financing ; 4.Form-Based
Codes ; 4.1.SmartCode ;
Contents note continued: 4.2.Transect-based planning ; 5.Envisioning and Digital
Tools ; 5.1.Spatial planning and visualization tools ; ch. 8 Sustainable tall buildings
and cities ; 1.Facets of Sustainability ; 1.1.Community life and social sustainability
; 1.2.Energy efficiency ; 1.3.Transportation ; 2.Sustainable Design Features, Technologies,
and Strategies ; 2.1.Site ; 2.2.Sustainable architecture ; 2.3.Renewable energy
; 2.4.Tall buildings and birds ; 3.Sustainable High-Rise Cities ; 3.1.The urban
challenge ; 3.2.The city as an ecosystem ; 4.From Cityscape to Skyscape ; 5.Toward
Creating Sustainable Cities ; 6.New Sustainable Cities ; 6.1.New Songdo City ;
6.2.Masdar City ; ch. 9 Urban and architectural design guidelines ; 1.The Greater
Perspective ; 1.1.Urban conditions ; 1.2.Site selection ; 1.3.Spatial clusters
; 1.4.Block considerations ; 1.5.Social issues ; 2.Design Guidelines for Tall Buildings
; 2.1.Building design ; 2.2.Parking design ;
Contents note continued: 2.3.Accessibility ; 2.4.Safety regulations and building
codes ; 2.5.New safety measures ; 3.Guide for Evaluation of Tall Building Proposals
; 4.Public Participation ; 4.1.View corridors ; 4.2.Master plan preparation ; 4.3.Master
plan scoping ; 4.4.SWOT analysis ; 4.5.Code amendment ; ch. 10 Skyscraper cities
of the world ; 1.The International Scene ; 2.East and Southeast Asia ; 2.1.Shanghai
; 2.2.Hong Kong ; 3.Middle East and South Asia ; 3.1.Dubai ; 3.2.Mumbai ; 4.Australia
; 4.1.Melbourne ; 5.Europe ; 5.1.Frankfurt ; 5.2.London ; 5.3.Warsaw ; 6.North
America ; 6.1.New York ; 6.2.Chicago ; 6.3.Vancouver ; ch. 11 Innovative Urban
Design for Tall Buildings ; 1.Iconic Design ; 1.1.Kartal, Istanbul ; 1.2.Yongsan
International Business District ; 2.Generic ; 2.1.Waterfront City, Dubai ; 3.Sustainable
Urban Design ; 3.1.New Songdo City ; 3.2.Linked Hybrid ; 4.Ecological Urban Design
;
Contents note continued: 4.1.West Kowloon Vertical Park and Waterfront Cultural Centre
; 5.Eco-Iconic Approach ; 5.1.Gwanggyo City Center ; 5.2.Zira Island Master Plan
; 6.Fantasy-Driven Design ; 6.1.Paradise Islands ; 7.Necessity-Driven Design ;
7.1.Marina Bay Sands ; 8.Futuristic Urban Design ; ch. 12 Future skyscraper cities
; 1.Attraction to Cities ; 2.Visionary Skyscrapers ; 2.1.La Citta Nuova ; 2.2.La
Ville Radieuse ; 2.3.The Illinois Tower ; 2.4.Cities in the sky ; 3.Visionary Cities
; 3.1.The imaginary future city of Hugh Ferriss ; 3.2.The arcology of Paolo Soleri
; 3.3.Metabolist city ; 3.4.Archigram ; 4.Skyscraper Cities of the 21st Century
; 4.1.Emergent and future urban forms ; 4.2.Technological innovations and breakthroughs
; 4.3.The height paradox: is sky the limit? ; 4.4.The wave of the future.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-438) and index
Drawing on the experience of several cities from different parts of the world, this
text provides a global perspective on the urbanization phenomenon and tall building
development, and examines their underlying logic, design drivers, contextual relationships
and pitfalls
Sujet(s) : Immeubles de grande hauteur -- Conception et construction
Urbanisme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781845644109 (hbk.). - ISBN 1845644107 (hbk.). - ISBN 9781845644116 (ebk.).
- ISBN 1845644115 (ebk.)
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