Color of Cities Light, Perception and Environment in Urban Design

Name: Color of Cities Light, Perception and Environment in Urban Design
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ISBN: 9780070633483

ISBN-10: 0070633487

ISBN-13: 9780070633483

Edition: 2000

Authors: Lois Swirnoff

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This photographic reference documents the distinctive colour characteristics in urban design throughout the world. It shows how cultural colour preferences are grounded in perceptive differentials based on geographic determinants and variations.

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List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 2/16/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 230
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Henriï¿½tte Maassen van den Brink is Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam.

Illustrations	p. VI
Preface	p. IX
Introduction	p. 1
The Context: Physical Places	p. 7
Perception of Cities	p. 7
The Siting of Cities	p. 9
Light, Surface, and the Environment	p. 13
Urban Spaces: Cities of Light	p. 21
Venice, Italy	p. 21
Rome	p. 33
Florence	p. 41
Siena	p. 48
Lucca	p. 52
San Gimignano	p. 56
Cortona	p. 58
Bologna	p. 61
Jerusalem, Israel	p. 62
Jericho and the Sinai	p. 66
Regions of Light	p. 69
Mexico	p. 69
Santa Fe, New Mexico	p. 73
Los Angeles	p. 75
The Caribbean	p. 77
Urban Spaces	p. 81
Median Cities	p. 81
Paris	p. 81
Village in the French Alps	p. 83
New York, New York	p. 85
Boston, Massachusetts	p. 88
Cities in Shadow	p. 91
London	p. 91
Cambridge, England	p. 93
Stockholm	p. 95
Copenhagen	p. 97
Country in Shadow: Japan	p. 99
City Streets	p. 114
Venetian Passageways	p. 117
Spaces and Streets of Rome	p. 122
Florentine Environment	p. 128
Colors of Siena	p. 130
Lucca	p. 133
Colors and Light of Bologna	p. 135
Israel: Streets and Spaces	p. 136
Mexican Form and Color	p. 138
Santa Fe, New Mexico	p. 142
Los Angeles: Districts and Streets	p. 144
Parisian Streets and Spaces	p. 146
Town in the French Alps	p. 148
Burgundy	p. 149
The Streets of Manhattan	p. 150
Boston: Neighborhoods and Citizens	p. 153
Cambridge, England	p. 155
Stockholm: Old Town	p. 156
Copenhagen: Squares and Streets	p. 157
Facades	p. 158
The Graphic Facade	p. 159
Venice	p. 160
Rome	p. 166
Florence	p. 170
Israel	p. 172
Mexico	p. 174
Santa Fe	p. 180
Los Angeles	p. 182
The Caribbean	p. 184
Paris	p. 186
French Alps	p. 190
New York, New York	p. 191
Boston	p. 194
Britain	p. 196
Stockholm	p. 198
Copenhagen	p. 199
Apertures	p. 201
At Human Scale	p. 211
Markets	p. 211
Materials	p. 216
Details	p. 219
Epilogue	p. 222
Colors Grouped by City	p. 224
Global Position of Cities	p. 226
Bibliography	p. 227
Index	p. 228
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