Good City Form (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (653 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262620464 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 524 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Good City Form is both a summation and an extension of his vision, a high point from which he views cities past and possible. With the publication of The Image of the City in 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon the process of exploring city form. First published in hardcover under the title A Theory of Good City Form.
Kevin Lynch (1918-1984) studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin and later obtained a Bachelor of City Planning degree from MIT. After a long and distinguished career on the faculty of the MIT School of Architecture and Urban Planning, he was named Professor Emeritus of City Planning.
(Journal of the American Planning Association) . He tells us at some length how we might evaluate the 'goodness' of cities, speaks to the enduring issues of city size, growth, and conservation, and, having done all this, tells us about what his good city form might look like. The appendixes are a major part of the book, taking well over 100 pagesThis is a volume that in short order will be (or at least should be) standard, desired, provocative, influential reading for just about anyon
"Power of Practicing Theory in Urban Design" according to CityLover. As one who straddles the two worlds of practice and scholarship with great ease and comfort, I am struck by that rare work of craft which is at once profoundly thoughtful as well as clearly directed. Most serious scholars bend over backwards to embrace the myth of "objectivity", while most practitioners salivate over superficial "best practices". Kevin Lynch's masterpiece, Good City Form,. Anselmo G. Canfora said Good City Form. In the world of urban design, obsessed with spectacular novelty and superficial aesthetics, this ambitious and profound work of Kevin Lynch is refreshing, yet enduring. He suggests a theory of urban design based on fundamental human values and examines how such values lead to the notion of a "good city form". His performance dimensions (e.g. access, fit, vitality) are broad enough to be i