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Urban Spaces: Squares and Plazas

Dimitris Kottas

  • Format: Book

  • Pages: 179

  • Publisher: Links International

  • Date Published: Jul 2008

  • Stock Code: 63330

  • ISBN: 9788496424722

  • Binding: Hardback

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This collection of outstanding public space projects is an excellent overview of current trends in urban planning. Good urban developments demand equally good public space plans. Urban Spaces: Squares and Plazas contains twenty of themost innovative and exciting examples, including a floating pool in the Spree River, Berlin; Capitol Plaza in New York;Place de la Bourse in Bordeauxand the Eco-Bulevard in Vallecas, just outside of Madrid.

Thoroughly documented and illustrated, with full colour photographs and drawings, to capture the full scale of each project's complexities, technical assets and aesthetic innovations, this book will undoubtedly be of great value to architects, urban planners and students seeking the latest tendencies in public space design.

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About the Author

Dimitris Kottas

Dimitris Kottas PhD, is a licensed architect and a specialist in the Theory and History of Architecture. His experience encompasses more than eight years as an editorial consultant and publication supervisor. He has authored A Visual Dictionary of Architecture and Construction and The Architect’s Handbook. At the present time, he lives and works in Berlin.

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