4.163J | Spring 2005 | Graduate

Urban Design Studio: Providence

Readings

Urban Design Bibliography

Worksheets and Urban Plans (unpublished)

Dennis, M. “Density Calculation Worksheet.” (PDF)

Nealy, Craig. Urban Redevelopment of Burlington, Vermont. 1981.

Koetter, Kim and Associates. Boston Plan.

Cornell Urban Design Studio. “Foreword,” “Buffalo Waterfront,” and “Marylebone District Development.” Urban Design Handbook.

Cornell Urban Design Studio. “LeCorbusier.” Urban Design Handbook.

Peterson Littenberg Architecture and Urban Design. Clinton Community Master Plan. 1988.

Peterson Littenberg Architecture and Urban Design. Lower Manhattan Vision Plan. 2002.

Peterson Littenberg Architecture and Urban Design. Lower Manhattan Urban Design Plan. 1994.

Texts

le Corbusier. “A Contemporary City.” In The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning. Translated by Frederick Etchells. New York, NY: Dover Press, 1987. ISBN: 0486253325.

“Urban Components.” Architectural Design 54 (July/Aug 1984): 43-49.
Also in: Léon Krier: Houses, Palaces, Cities. Edited by Demetri Porphyrios. London, UK: Academy Publications, 1984. ISBN: 0312479905.

Willis, Carol, ed. The Lower Manhattan Plan: The 1966 Visions for Downtown New York. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. ISBN: 1568983808.

Katz, Peter. “Lake West.” In chapter 2 “Reconstructing the Urban Fabric.” In The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1993, pp. 146-153. ISBN: 0070338892.

Katz, Peter. “Cite Internationale.” In Chapter 2 “Reconstructing the Urban Fabric.” In The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1993, pp. 118-125. ISBN: 0070338892.

Graves, Michel, ed. “Roma Interrotta.” AD profiles 20, vol. 49, no. 3-4. London, UK, 1979.

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