Makower T. Touching the City: Thoughts on Urban Scale

Willey, 2014. — 216 p. — (Architectural Design Primers) —ISBN 978-1-118-73772-9.Scale in cities is relative and absolute. It has the ability to make us feel at home in the world or alien from it; connected or disconnected. Both large and small scale in cities can be beautiful; both are right, neither is wrong. Whilst accepting that prescription is no answer, 'getting the scale right' - at an intuitive and sensual level - is a fundamental part of the magic of architecture and urban design.
Acknowledgements
Foreword: Scaling the XXL – Kees ChristiaanseOn Scale and Size
On Scale and Movement
On Scale and Edges
On Scale and Grain
On Scale and Form
On Scale, Skeletons and Surface
On Scale and Detail
Conclusion: From Nature
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