Suddenly I am more interested in my city. The buildings and places I took for granted are now gone and I wonder whether something wonderful will replace them, or will there be yet another tilt slab monstrosity?
I am obviously not alone in this interest . A number of you have sent in requests for material on architecture that shows that we are concerned about how our city will look. Here are some titles full of fantastic ideas that will soon be gracing our library shelves:
- A life Between buildings: Using public space
- A guide to the new ruins of Great Britain
- The Green dream: Building green, great and gorgeous cities
- Green living: Architecture and planning
- Beyond architecture: Imaginative buildings and fictional cities
- City building: Nine planning principles for the twenty-first century
- Human cities: Celebrating public space
18 November 2010 at 11:05 am
Thanks for the heads-up on the new titles Jane. I am still gutted that I missed Jahn Gehl’s lecture last year (the year before?) about public spaces.
It would be gr8 to think that Chch could move forward in creating a new green, sustainable city using some of these ideas.
19 November 2010 at 4:26 pm
If you want to hear some interesting thinking on public spaces (with a technological bent) try Dan Hill’s presentation from the National Digital Forum @ Te Papa in October. His one is the first session on Tuesday. http://www.r2.co.nz/20101018/
Cheers
23 November 2010 at 3:30 pm
Thanks for this Warrick, will have a look.