Ourtopias : cities and the role of design

ISBN: 9780980985603
ISBN: 0980985609
Physical Description: print 130 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: [Cambridge, Ont.] : Riverside Architectural Press, c2008.

Summary: Collection of essays resulting from a conference presented by the Design Exchange in 2007.

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General Note:	Published in partnership with the Canadian Design Research Network and the Design Exchange. "Architecture. Waterloo Architecture Cambridge"--T.p. verso. "The essays in this book were developed from presentations at the Ourtopias conference hosted by Toronto's Design Exchange in June 2007"--P. 3.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / Paola Poletto, Philip Beesley -- Ourtopia : ideal cities and the role of design in remaking urban space / Bruce Kuwabara -- Condomania! : condominium culture and cities of convenience / Mason White -- John M. Lyle and the Civic Improvement Committee : a head, a heart, and a pulse to Toronto / Glenn McArthur -- Fringe benefits : cosmopolitan dynamics of a multicultural city / Ian Chodikoff -- Beware! : traffic ahead! : destination: Utopia / Akin Sevinc -- From urban cell to global hive / Maria Del C. Vera, Shai Yeshayahu -- Genius loci : the need for urban scenography / Adam Kolodziej -- Towards constructive dialogue : real-time visualization and geographic information systems / Thomas Seebohm, John Danahy -- Landscape manufacturing / James Kirkpatrick -- Ravine city and farm city / Chris Hardwicke -- Towards a design nation / Douglas Macleod, Larissa Muller, David Covo, Richard Levy -- Afterword / Robert F. Woodbury.