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xii, 445 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
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 -- |
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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 -- |
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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 -- |
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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 |
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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 -- |
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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 -- |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The logic of vertical density -- 1.Definitions -- 2.Overview -- 2.1.Historical background -- 2.2.The contemporary city and its transformation -- 2.3.Tall buildings and recession -- 3.Why Tall Buildings? -- 3.1.Population -- 3.2.Global competition and globalization -- 3.3.Urban regeneration -- 3.4.Agglomeration -- 3.5.Land prices -- 3.6.Land consumption -- 3.7.Energy and climate change -- 3.8.Transportation and infrastructure -- 3.9.Human aspirations, symbolism, and ego -- 3.10.Emerging technologies -- 4.Arguments against Tall Buildings -- 4.1.Economics -- 4.2.Environmental impact -- 4.3.Civic infrastructure -- 4.4.Socio-cultural factors -- 4.5.Perception -- 4.6.Public safety concerns -- 4.7.Historic context and placemaking -- 4.8.Digital revolution -- 5.Tall Buildings in the 21st Century -- ch. 2 Economics and city infrastructure -- 1.Economic Considerations -- 1.1.Feasibility studies -- 1.2.Economic building height -- |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-438) and index |
| Subject |
City planning.
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Tall buildings -- Design and construction.
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| Author |
Ali, Mir M.
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| ISBN |
1845644107 (hbk.) |
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9781845644109 (hbk.) |
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