Architecture Urban & Land Use Planning
Planning the New Suburbia
Flexibility by Design
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2007
- Category
- Urban & Land Use Planning, City Planning & Urban Development
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774850131
- Publish Date
- Nov 2007
- List Price
- $125.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774808590
- Publish Date
- May 2002
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774808583
- Publish Date
- Nov 2001
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
The suburbs house two-thirds of North America’s population and are the subject of much debate and criticism. Planning the New Suburbia explores this phenomenon and proposes ways to respond to the challenge of creating affordable, adaptable, and environmentally sustainable neighbourhoods. Avi Friedman surveys the evolution of urban planning and the the development of North American suburbs. He suggests new methods of design and regulation that would enable urban planners to conceive and inhabitants to adapt suburban communities and homes to their evolving needs, including changing family sizes, aging populations, or new working conditions. Rather than dismissing a suburb as an unattractive, impersonal sprawl, Friedman shows how they can be modified into an affordable, sustainable, and adaptable community.
About the author
Avi Friedman teaches architecture at McGill University and is a practicing architect. He is the recipient of several research and design awards including the World Habitat Award and the 2014 Sustainable Buildings Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of eighteen books, including Innovative Houses: Concepts for Sustainable Living, A View from the Porch: Rethinking Home and Community Design (Véhicule), and A Place in Mind: Designing Cities for the 21st Century (Véhicule). He lives in Montreal, Quebec.
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Designing a Liveable Community
A Place in Mind
Designing Cities for the 21st Century, Revised Edition
A View from the Porch
Rethinking Home and Community Design
Innovative Houses
Concepts for Sustainable Living
Place in Mind, A
The Search for Authenticity
Room for Thought
Rethinking Home and Community Design
Peeking through the Keyhole
The Evolution of North American Homes
Grow Home
