Gardening Sale!
 
 

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

Weekly drawing for $100 credit. Subscribe to our Specials newsletter for a chance to win.
Privacy Policy

More at Powell's

Recently Viewed clear list

Guests | May 6, 2013

Benjamin Percy: IMG The Roof People

1 comment By Benjamin Percy

My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would... Continue »
  1. $18.19 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    Red Moon

    Benjamin Percy 9781455501663
spacer
Ships free on qualified orders.
$101.50
New Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
available for shipping or prepaid pickup only
Available for In-store Pickup
in 7 to 12 days
Qty Store Section
1 Remote Warehouse Architecture- Urban Planning

More copies of this ISBN

Site Planning - 3rd Edition

by

Site Planning - 3rd Edition Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This new edition of Kevin Lynch's widely used introductory textbook has been completely revised; and is also enriched by the experience of Lynch's coauthor, Gary Hack. For over two decades, Site Planning has remained the only comprehensive source of information on all the principal - activities and concerns of arranging the outdoor physical environment. Now, new illustrations double the visual material and one hundred pages of new appendixes cover special techniques, provide references to more detailed technical sources, and put numerical standards in a concise form.An introduction summarizes the site planning process. This is followed by a case study of a typical professional project and ten chapters which provide new materials on user analysis, programming, site planning for built places, housing tenures and their planning implications, cost estimating, mapping, the reading of air photographs, site design for housing in developing countries, design strategies, environmental impact analyses, and many others - all illustrated with in-text photographs and line drawings and with Lynch's characteristic marginal sketches.Kevin Lynch is Professor Emeritus of City Planning at MIT and

Synopsis:

This new edition of Kevin Lynch's widely used introductory textbook has been completely revised; and is also enriched by the experience of Lynch's coauthor, Gary Hack.

Synopsis:

Offers architects, city planners, and civil engineers an introduction to the principles and techniques of harmoniously arranging physical structures.
back to top

About the Author

Kevin Lynch (1918-1984) studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin and later obtained a Bachelor of City Planning degree from MIT. After a long and distinguished career on the faculty of the MIT School of Architecture and Urban Planning, he was named Professor Emeritus of City Planning.Gary Hack is Head of the Department of Urban Studies and planning at MIT.
back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780262121064
Author:
Hack, Gary
Author:
Hack, Gary
Author:
Lynch, Michael
Author:
Hack, Gary
Publisher:
MIT Press (MA)
Location:
Cambridge, Mass. :
Subject:
Planning
Subject:
City Planning & Urban Development
Subject:
City planning
Subject:
Building sites
Subject:
Building sites -- Planning.
Subject:
General Architecture
Subject:
Architecture-Urban Planning
Edition Number:
3
Edition Description:
third edition
Series:
Site Planning
Series Volume:
no. 17-<18 >
Publication Date:
19840331
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
from 17
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
507
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. A Pattern Language: Towns,...
    Used Hardcover $45.00
  2. A Clearing In the Distance:... Used Trade Paper $8.95
  3. The architect of desire :beauty and... Used Hardcover $6.95
  4. Introduction To Landscape... Used Hardcover $25.00
  5. Landscape Graphics Rev Edition Plan... Sale Trade Paper $12.98
  6. The Essential William H. Whyte New Trade Paper $38.50
back to top

Related Subjects

Arts and Entertainment » Architecture » Cityscape
Arts and Entertainment » Architecture » General
Arts and Entertainment » Architecture » Urban Planning
History and Social Science » Politics » General
History and Social Science » Sociology » Urban Studies » General

Site Planning - 3rd Edition New Hardcover
0 stars - 0 reviews
$101.50 In Stock
Product details 507 pages MIT Press - English 9780262121064 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , This new edition of Kevin Lynch's widely used introductory textbook has been completely revised; and is also enriched by the experience of Lynch's coauthor, Gary Hack.
"Synopsis" by , Offers architects, city planners, and civil engineers an introduction to the principles and techniques of harmoniously arranging physical structures.
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...




Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.