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r/urbandesign • u/BurpBartmoss • 14h ago

Question Whydont we build up?

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Query post i do want answers however

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r/urbandesign

For everything that is about design mixed with urbanism! The design of urban furniture, the design of roads, of pedestrian areas, the design of traffic calming measures,...

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Great insights:

William H. Whyte - Social Life of Small Urban Places

Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA - Designing Healthy Communities

Suggested Reading:

The Life and Death of American Cities - Jacobs

Walkable City - Speck

Suburbanation - Duany, Plater-Zyberk, and Speck

The Image of the City - Lynch

Cities for People - Gehl

Walking home - Greenberg

The nature of urban design - Washburn

Further reading:

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r/Architecture
r/UrbanPlanning
/r/UrbanStudies
r/LandscapeArchitecture
r/CityPorn
r/AmateurRoomPorn
/r/LEED
r/Urbanhell
r/TinyHouses
r/Design
r/GIS
r/grencity

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