Shaping London The patterns and forms that make the metropolis

Name: Shaping London
Author: Sir Terry Farrell

Auteur: Terry Farrell

Taal: Engels

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Uitgever: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Auteur: Terry Farrell Sir Terry Farrell

Engels
Hardcover
9780470699966
28 oktober 2009
288 pagina's

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Sir Terry Farrell takes us on a journey around London, beyond the contribution of individual buildings, to the city - creating a larger, more exciting frame in which to view the city.

In this wholly new and dynamic view of London, renowned architect and urban planner Sir Terry Farrell joins up the dots and creates new connections between London's past, present and future. By looking beyond the contribution of individual buildings to the city, Farrell creates a much larger and more exciting canvas, charting how the capital's messy and complex shape has evolved over time from a series of layers - natural and man-made. This provides a whole series of revelations that allow us to see the city afresh: How might the natural bends in the river have impacted where and what was built? How have the Thames' tributaries affected historic boundaries and development, played out in the Great Estates of Mayfair and Marylebone? How has the 19th century's seemingly unplanned and opportunistic infrastructure of railway stations, canals, tube lines and sewers formed the basis for a new kind of metropolis with its own order and its won form?

Illustrated with maps, archive photographs and paintings, as well as original sketches by Farrell, the book provides a vibrant and intriguing collage of London's patterns and its history. It gives an account that stretches from the verdant banks of the Thames at Richmond and Kew to London Docklands and the heavily industrialised Thames Estuary, taking in some of London's best known landmarks and sights. it also suggests ways of observing and learning from London today that are key to understanding how the capital might grow and change in the future.

'The most important and inspirational London book of the decade. it offers a physical description of the city that is both a perceptive analysis of its past and a vision for the future.' - Dan Cruickshank

'Rare among today's architects and planners, Terry Farrell really understands the texture of London. His eye misses nothing, from kerbstones, traffic Islands, walls and trees to a realistic vision of the city as a whole.' - Simon Jenkins

'Terry Farrell has produced a first-class combination of historical insight, geographical observation and infrastructure analysis - the distilled thoughts of a true urbanist. Essential reading for anyone engaged in adding to London's built environment, and a wonderfully illustrated story for more general readers.' - Paul Finch, Chair, Commission for Architecture and the Build Environment (CABE)

In this wholly new and dynamic view of London, Farrell looks beyond the contribution of individual buildings to the city. He creates a larger, more exciting frame, charting how the capital’s messy and complex shape has been hewn out of a series of layers – natural and manmade, so the Thames and the natural landscape gets as much attention as the railway infrastructure, the roads and the canals. This provides a whole series of revelations that allow us to see the city afresh: How might the natural bends in the river have impacted where and what was built? How have the Thames’ tributaries affected historic boundaries and development, played out in the estates of Mayfair? How is the Roman plan for the city of London still discernible in today’s street patterns?

Illustrated with original sketches, maps, archive photographs and paintings, this book provides a vibrant and intriguing collage of London’s patterns and its history.

Covers:

• The Thames at West London, Central London, Docklands and the Estuary

• Tributaries

• Canals

• Railways

• The London Underground

• The natural landscape

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 28 oktober 2009
Aantal pagina's: 288
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: Terry Farrell
Tweede Auteur: Sir Terry Farrell
Hoofduitgeverij: John Wiley & Sons Inc

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 231 mm
Product hoogte: 23 mm
Product lengte: 259 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 233 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 265 mm
Verpakking lengte: 27 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 1374 g

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Taal: Engels
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