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The code of the city : standards and the hidden language of place making
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The code of the city : standards and the hidden language of place making

Author: Eran Ben-Joseph
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Series: Urban and industrial environments.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The author examines the relationship between standards and place making. He traces the evolution of codes and standards and analyses their impact on the modern city and its suburbs, arguing that it is time for development regulations to reflect site-specific and localised physical design.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ben-Joseph, Eran.
Code of the city.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2005
(OCoLC)646536708
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Eran Ben-Joseph
ISBN: 0262025884 9780262025881 0262524457 9780262524452
OCLC Number: 61200811
Description: xxi, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series Title: Urban and industrial environments.
Responsibility: Eran Ben-Joseph.

Abstract:

The author examines the relationship between standards and place making. He traces the evolution of codes and standards and analyses their impact on the modern city and its suburbs, arguing that it is time for development regulations to reflect site-specific and localised physical design.

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