Live-work planning and design : zero-commute housing / Thomas Dolan

By:

Dolan, Thomas [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c2012Description: xiv, 237 p., 16 p. of plates : color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:

9780470604809

Subject(s):

MULTIPURPOSE BUILDINGS

LOC classification:

NA 4177 .D65 2012

Contents:

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: A Brief History and Description of Live-Work -- 2. Defining Live-Work -- 3. Designing live-work: meeting its unique needs -- 4. The market for live-work -- 5. Live-work and community: a natural marriage -- 6. Live-work planning issues and regulatory solutions -- 7. Live-work building code issues -- 8. Epilogue -- Appendix A: Toward a model live-work planning code -- Appendix B: Model live-work building code system -- Appendix C: Live-work resources -- Endnotes -- Index.

Summary: Although the live-work concept is now accepted among progressive urban design and planning professionals, the specifics that define the term, and its application, remain sketchy. This encyclopedic work is sure to change that, providing the critical information that is needed by architects, planners and citizens.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	Architecture	GC NA 4177 .D65 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000007240

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Although the live-work concept is now accepted among progressive urban design and planning professionals, the specifics that define the term, and its application, remain sketchy. This encyclopedic work is sure to change that, providing the critical information that is needed by architects, planners and citizens.

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