My Kind of City Collected Essays of Hank Dittmar
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My Kind of City
My Kind of City Collected Essays of Hank Dittmar Hank Dittmar
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2019, Henry Eric Dittmar All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036 ISLAND PRESS is a trademark of the Center for Resource Economics.
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Contents Note from the Publisher xiii Foreword by Andrés Duany xv Preface by Lynn Richards xix Part 1. My Kind of Town 1
New Orleans Is My Kind of Town, Architecture Today 3 Auckland: At Water’s Edge 6 I Could Learn to Love LA All Over Again, Planetizen 8 My Favorite Street: Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London, England From Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns by John Massengale and Victor Dover 10 Part 2. The Cavaliers vs. the Roundheads 13
Style Wars Are Irrelevant when Architecture Is Reduced to Floor-Plate Cladding, Building Design 15 Southbank Scheme Isn’t Wrong, It’s Just Bland, Building Design 18 When Will Stirling Laureates Be Allowed to Quote from Wren?, Building Design 20 People in Glass Houses, Building Design 22 Continuity or Contrast: Take Your Pick, Building Design 24 Three Classicists: Classicism in an Era of Pluralism, From Three Classicists: Drawings and Essays, by Ben Pentreath, George Saumarez Smith, and Francis Terry 26
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Part 3. Continuity and Context 29
Continuity and Context in Urbanism and Architecture: The Honesty of a Living Tradition, Conservation Bulletin 59 31 Linking Lincoln: Legacy, Ecology and Commerce, from “Pienza: Legacy, Continuity and Tradition,” Seaside Pienza Institute 35 Part 4. Bouquets and Brickbats 41
London’s Skyscraper Designers Should Aim High Like Chicago, Building Design 43 An Urbanist’s View of the Stirling Shortlist, Building Design 45 Don’t Students Need Proper Housing?, Building Design 48 The Urbanist’s Stirling Prize, Building Design 50 Location Dictates the Success of Monument Design, Building Design 52 It’s Time for a New Serpentine Design Brief, Building Design 54 Part 5. Sustainability and Tradition 57 Sustainabil
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