The challenge of suburbia
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The challenge of suburbia
（Architectural design profile, no.170）
Wiley-Academy, 2004
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Formerly CIP
Includes bibliographical references and index
"Architectural design, vol. 71, No. 4, July/August 2004"
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Description
For an increasing number of people living in Western societies, suburbia is the primary living environment. For example, in the US more people live in the suburbs than in cities. As a result, 75% of all new construction in the US is in suburbia when only 5% of this is architect--designed. This new book from Architectural Design presents an opportunity for architects to rake back a large sector of the housing and construction industry. It argues that suburbia offers a far greater potential for innovation than more conventional urban milieus. * The first book to bring together projects in suburbia by experimental and progressive architects * A primer for best practice for architects working on urban extensions and suburban projects * It will encourage architects to re--introduce themselves to the field of action * Will feature groundbreaking projects by Zaha Hadid, MVRDV, Dominique Perrault, Eyal Weizman, Lacaton & Vassal, R&Sie (Francois Roche), Sadar & Vuga and Wes Jones, and contributions by such as Bart Lootsma, Penelope Dean, Lars Lerup and Leon van Schaik
Table of Contents
Editorial (Helen Castle). Introduction: The Challenge of Suburbia (Ilka and Andreas Ruby). Perimeter Wondering (Ines Schaber and Jorg Stollmann). Orange County China: Or the Genius Loci of Suburbia in the Age of Global Capitalism (Barbara Munch ). Strategic Sprawl: Suburbanisation as Warfare in the Occupied West Bank (Ilka and Andreas Ruby). The Barriadas of Lima: Utopian City of Self--Organisation? (Kathrin Golda--Pongratz). Redefining Green--ness Sonic Polder -- the Surround Sound System (Schirin Taraz--Breinholt). Sub--a burb (Wes Jones). Greenurbia, Or the Return of the Wolves (J Pablo Molestina). New From Suburbia: Agro City (Nancy Couling and Klaus Overmeyer). Image of Suburbia Athletic Atmosphere (Ilka and Andreas Ruby). Landed Square (Ilka and Andreas Ruby). Beware, Objects in Suburbia May Be Closer Than They Appear! (Ilka and Andreas Ruby). Creating the In--Between Sub--Park (Daniel Niggli, Mathias Muller and Lukas Schweingruber). Congesting the Edge Between City and Landscape (Andrea Boschetti and Alberto Francini). Sub--City: the Transformation of a Non--Place (Bostjan Vuga). Building Profile Theatre, Chigwell School (Jeremy Melvin) Interior Eye Food Lab (Craig Kellogg). Home Run New Case Studies in Housing: Montreuil, Paris (Jane Briginshaw). Practice Profile Gollifer Langston Architects (Lucy Bullivant). Engineering Exegesis Blurring the Lines: Son--O--House (Andre Chaszar). Site Lines: The Israeli Foreign Ministry (Sean Stanwick). Book Club. Book Review (Ranulph Glanville).
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