Skylines: Understanding and Molding Urban Silhouettes |
Contents
Skylines as collective symbols | 1 |
Skylines as social indexes | 29 |
Utilitarian skylines | 43 |
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20th century abstract advertising aesthetic Angeles approach architects architectural Aylesbury beauty building heights Cape Town Capitol Building Cathedral Chapter Chicago City of London city's skyline civic Coit Tower collective symbol construction controversy Convention corporate criticism distance dome dominant downtown dramatic Eiffel Tower emblems evident example Ferry Building focal Gateway Arch height control high buildings highrise highrise buildings hill-and-bowl hills identify Kepier laissez-faire land landmark landscape Madison man-made Manhattan Melbourne ment Mental maps Millbank tower National Westminster opposite orientation Oxford skyline Park pattern photograph planners Planning preservation Pugin recognizable ritual San Francisco skyline shape shown in Figure sky line skyline controls skyline element skyline features skyline Figure skyline icons skyline symbol St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral structures Table Mountain tall buildings Thames Television traditional Trans Transamerica Building Transamerica Corporation Transamerica pyramid Urban Design urban silhouettes values visitors visual impact York
References to this book
Environmental Aesthetics: Ideas, Politics and Planning J. Douglas Porteous No preview available - 2002 |