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Time is a factor in urban design.Projects sometimes take decades to materialise.Some never make it.This monograph features three decades of urban design projects at Johnson Fain varying in type and scale from conceptual architecture to the design for major city additions, to environmental plans for sites thousands of square kilometers in area.Some have been built; some remain in process.They represent a wide range of engagements, and all seek to address our goal to achieve civic purpose, benefiting the city, the community and the project's sponsor.

Civic Purpose contributing to the civility of a city is central to all our projects, public or private.Public and private sponsors may share similar views of civic purposes, yet often are motivated for different reasons the public interest in social equity and environmental quality, and the private in engendering support for a project's entitlements. The urban design project benefits from both. Listening

Civic Purpose

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      Publisher Oro Editions
      Published 1/18/2024
      ISBN-13 9781957183978
      978-1957183978
      ISBN-10 1957183977
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      Landscape architecture and design

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Time is a factor in urban design.Projects sometimes take decades to materialise.Some never make it.This monograph features three decades of urban design projects at Johnson Fain varying in type and scale from conceptual architecture to the design for major city additions, to environmental plans for sites thousands of square kilometers in area.Some have been built; some remain in process.They represent a wide range of engagements, and all seek to address our goal to achieve civic purpose, benefiting the city, the community and the project's sponsor.

      Civic Purpose contributing to the civility of a city is central to all our projects, public or private.Public and private sponsors may share similar views of civic purposes, yet often are motivated for different reasons the public interest in social equity and environmental quality, and the private in engendering support for a project's entitlements. The urban design project benefits from both. Listening

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