Typological urbanism : projective cities - Jacoby, Sam.; Lee, Christopher (Chichester : Wiley, 2011)
Introduction : typological urbanism and the idea of the city / Christopher CM Lee and Sam Jacoby -- The city as a project : types, typical objects and typologies / Marina Lathouri -- City as political form : four archetypes of urban transformation / Pier Vittorio Aureli -- Type, field, culture, praxis / Peter Carl -- Brasilia's superquadra : prototypical design and the project of the city / Martino Tattara -- Type? What type? Further reflections on the extended threshold / Michael Hensel -- Typological instruments : connecting architecture and urbanism / Caroline Bos & Ben van Berkel/UNStudio -- Penang tropical city, Penang, Malaysia, OMA / Joao Bravo da Costa -- Singapore buona vista masterplan competition, Singapore / Tyo Ito & Associates, Architects -- 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA -- The metropolis as integral substance : l'AUC Architects and Urbanists -- A simple heart : architecture on the ruins of the post-Fordist city / DOGMA (Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara) -- Xi'an Horticultural Masterplan, Xi'an, China / Serie Architects -- Counterpoint. Transcending type : designing for urban complexity / David Grahame Shane.
Keywords: Urbanization -- 21st century; Architecture -- 21st century; Architecture and society; Architectural design; City planning