Authors:Urban Design Associates, Urban Design Associate,
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Keywords: working, methods, techniques, handbook, design, urban
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0393731065
ISBN-13: 9780393731064

A comprehensive, beautifully designed guide to the complex process of urban design. From an important urban design and architecture firm comes this manual for urban designers, based on the firm’s in-house practice and procedures. Covering the process from basic principles to developed design, this invaluable book can serve as an introductory course in urbanism as well as an operations handbook for architects, planners, developers, and public officials. 200 color illustrations.

Authors:Urban Design Associates, Urban Design Associates,
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: building, neighborhoods, tool, book, pattern, architectural
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2004-08-23
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0393731340
ISBN-13: 9780393731347

Documents the revival of the traditional architectural pattern book as a means of implementing urban design. From the firm that produced The Urban Design Handbook comes a practical guide to developing and using pattern books—a tradition stretching back to Vitruvius and Palladio, and the source of many beautiful houses—to design neighborhoods today. It describes techniques and working methods for contemporary development and construction processes. 200 color illustrations.

Author: Robert Cowan/Urban Design Group
Publisher: Thomas Telford Publishing
Keywords: urban, design, master, plans, briefs, frameworks, guidance, development
Number of Pages: 68
Published: 2002-01-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0727731351
ISBN-13: 9780727731357

The publication of the Green Paper on Planning has magnified the significance of urban design frameworks, development briefs and master plans. Despite general recognition that making places socially, economically and environmentally successful depends on high standards of urban design, there is less understanding of how good design can be delivered. The challenge is to influence the development process, not only on high profile sites, but wherever urban change is reshaping places.

Authors:Mine Design, Top Studio Design, Stoltz Design, Sayles
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: design, logo, amp, letterhead
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2010-04-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1592536301
ISBN-13: 9781592536306

The best-selling Letterhead and Logo Design now compiles the most creative and inspiring work in the field in a stunning collection featuring the best of the past four volumes. From well-known design leaders, new design firms, and cutting-edge artists, this collection includes everything identity, from logos to labels, business cards to envelopes, and the creative techniques and full-color images portrayed in this broad range of work will inspire new design solutions for age-old challenges that beg for a fresh approach. This book is an invaluable resource for both design firms and their client

Authors:Chen Design Assoc, Templin Brink Design,
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Keywords: graphics, color
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1592533027
ISBN-13: 9781592533022

Explores ways to stretch a budget by using limited colors without compromising style.Graphic design using limited or single colors not only offers a less expensive alternative to costly four and five color printing but also offers a range of bold effects from somber and elegant to edgy and bold. As the saying goes, less is more, and the work that is showcased in these pages clearly illustrates the truth and merit in this saying.One-color and two-color printing, although more common than four-color printing, often carries with it a stigma of looking cheap compared to four-color pieces. This boo

Author: Hal Urban
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
Keywords: kids, things
Number of Pages: 177
Published: 1992-08
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 0840791534
ISBN-13: 9780840791535

Offers a positive approach to life and insights on how to develop one’s potential to the fullest.

Author: Hal Urban
Publisher: Fireside
Keywords: matter, things, lessons, greatest, life
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2005-05-03
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0743274172
ISBN-13: 9780743274173

A collection of twenty life principles based on the values of integrity and compassion explains how to enrich one’s life by embracing healthier attitudes about money, success, and having fun.