Exploring (New) Urbanism:
a conference at the
GSD
March 4-6, 1999
A Selected Bibliography
The new urbanism : hope or hype for American communities? / William B. Fulton. Cambridge, MA : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, c1996.
HT167.F85x
Neotraditional developments, the new urbanism. / Alexander Christoforidis Knoxville, Tenn. : Council of Planning Librarians, 1995.
CPL bibliography ; no. 322
Reference Index Shelf
The new urbanism : toward an architecture of community. / Peter Katz New York : McGraw-Hill, c1994.
NA2542.4.K38 1993
Towns and town-making principles / Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk ; edited by Alex Krieger with William Lennertz ; essays by Alex Krieger ... [et al.]. [Cambridge, MA] : Harvard Graduate School of Design ; New York : Rizzoli, c1991.
NA9015.C36 G8x 1990
The next American metropolis : ecology, community, and the American dream / Peter Calthorpe. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c1993.
HT167.C3x
ReBuilding / Daniel Solomon. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c1992.
NA737.S587 A4x
Articles
Acting urban: can New Urbanism learn from Modernism's mistakes? / Michael Sorkin.
In: Metropolis 1998 Aug.-Sept., v.18, n.1, p.37,39, ISSN 0279-4977.
Notes: The author is critical of New Urbanism's lack of social or historical authenticity.
Building "community" / John C. Martin.
In: Urban land 1996 Mar., v.55, n.3, p.28-32,55-56, ISSN 0308-518x.
Notes: Creating communities from housing developments.
Cause to celebrate? / Barbara Flanagan.
In: Metropolitan home 1996 Sept.-Oct., v.28, n.4, p.54,56,58,60, ISSN 0273-2858.
Notes: New Urbanism principles have been incorporated in the development of Celebration, a planned community in Walt Disney World near Orlando, Fla. Architects: Robert A. M. Stern and Jaquelin Robertson.
City revival / Eric Kudalis.
In: Architecture Minnesota 1997 Mar.-Apr., v.23, n.2, p.[22]-25, ISSN 0149-9106.
Notes: Two new town-house developments in Minneapolis, Lourdes Square and Marquette Block, employs New Urbanist principles. Architect: Paul Madson.
A common language of urban design / Andres Duany.
In: Places 1998 Winter, v.11, n.3, p.76-78, ISSN 0731-0455.
Notes: Description of a nomenclature classification system (Transect) established by a task force of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
Community in the new urbanism: design vision and symbolic crusade / Denise D. Hall.
In: Traditional dwellings and settlements review: journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments 1998 Spring, v.9, n.2, p.23-36, ISSN 1050-2092.
Cross section of address / Raymond L. Gindroz.
In: Places 1997 Winter, v.11, n.1, p.18-27, ISSN 0731-0455.
Notes: New American urbanism and the role of the front porch, especially in reviving two lower income areas: Diggs Town in Norfolk, Va. and Bicentennial Place in Fairfax area of Cleveland, Ohio. Celebration, Fla. is also discussed.
Disney's new town.
In: Blueprint (London, England) 1996 Jan., n.124, p.[30], ISSN 0268-4926.
Notes: On the planned comunity Celebration at Walt Disney World, Fla.
Do Americans hate cities? / Catherine Bauer.
In: Architecture California 1994 Nov., v.16, no.2, p.10-17, ISSN 0738-1131.
Notes: Publication of a talk given at the Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, on Mar.27, 1956. Articulation of the problems which challenge the intellect of the design and planning fields today. In addition, Bauer proposes the essential principles of what is now considered to be "the New Urbanism".
Everything old is new again / Camille LeFevre.
In: Architecture Minnesota 1997 Mar.-Apr., v.23, n.2, p.19,48,54, ISSN 0149-9106.
Notes: New urbanism is reinforcing human scale in older city neighborhoods.
Framing the new urbanism with a new eco-regionalism / Ian Wight.
In: Plan Canada 1996 Jan., v.36, n.1, p.21-23, ISSN 0032-0544.
Heaven, hell, or purgatory? / Roger Wells, Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa.
In: Landscape architecture 1998 Jan., v.88, n.1, p.76-77, ISSN 0023-8031.
Notes: The authors discuss new urbanism and neotraditionalism.
Housing scenarios.
In: Architecture Australia 1995 Nov.-Dec., v.84, n.6, p.73-81, ISSN 0003-8725.
Notes: Features three debates by Scott McQuire, Ron Brown, and Philip Graus on the future of housing in suburbia and the city and New Urbanism. Illustrated by examples of housing in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
Is new urbanism good for America? / Heidi Landecker.
In: Architecture 1996 Apr., v.85, n.4, p.68-77, ISSN 0746-0554.
Notes: Features New Urbanist developments in the United States, including Crawford Square, Pittsburgh and Laguna West, Sacramento.
The law of unintended consequences / Robert Gerloff.
In: Architecture Minnesota 1997 Mar.-Apr., v.23, n.2, p.32-33, ISSN 0149-9106.
Notes: Essay on new urbanism.
Miami: sueños de ciudades = Miami: dreams of cities / Jean-François Lejeune.
In: ON Diseño 1996, n.174, p.188-195, ISSN 0210-2080.
Notes: Focus on the birth of New Urbanism.
Mickey meets Plato / Marcus Field.
In: Blueprint (London, England) 1996 Nov., n.133, p.28-31, ISSN 0268-4926.
Notes: A look at Celebration, a planned community in Walt Disney World, Fla. Projects designed by Michael Graves (post office), Philip Johnson (town hall), Aldo Rossi (business park), Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (bank), Charles Moore, Cesar Pelli, Robert A. M. Stern, and Jaquelin Robertson.
A modest proposal for a new sub-urbanism: on continental prototypes / Colin Rowe.
In: Harvard design magazine 1997 Winter-Spring, p.[64]-67.
Notes: In section on "New urbanism". Discusses two late-1950's developments: Siedlung Hallen near Bern, Switzerland, and Port Grimaud, Provence, France (late 1960's).
Neighborhood development in a democratic city: toward a 'real' urbanism / Michael Pyatok.
In: Arcade 1996 Winter, v.15, n.2, p.6-8,45.
Notes: Discusses context, including the efforts of the Congress for New Urbanism, and outlines seven characteristics of democratic neighborhoods. Includes recent examples from Oakland, Calif. by Pyatok Associates.
Neighborhood investment [editorial] / Eric Kudalis.
In: Architecture Minnesota 1997 Mar.-Apr., v.23, n.2, p.21, ISSN 0149-9106.
Notes: A look at how new urbanism is addressing neighborhoods.
The new urbanism / Doug Kelbaugh.
In: Journal of architectural education 1997 Nov., v.51, n.2, p.142-144, ISSN 1046-4883.
Notes: An excerpt from the author's "Common place: toward neighborhood and regional design", publ. in 1997.
The new urbanism [book review] / Nico Calavita.
In: Journal of the American Planning Association 1994 Autumn, v.60, n.4, p.534-537, ISSN 0194-4363.
Notes: Review of three books: "Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk: towns and town-making principles," ed. by Alex Krieger with William Lennertz; "The next American metropolis," by Peter Calthorpe; and "The new urbanism," by Peter Katz.
The new urbanism and the communitarian trap: on social problems and the false hope of design / David Harvey.
In: Harvard design magazine 1997 Winter-Spring, p.68-69, ISSN 1093-4421.
The new urbanism, the newer, and the old.
In: Places 1994, v.9, n.2, p.91-93, ISSN 0731-0455.
Notes: Comments by Susana Torre, Ron Shiffmann, and Andres Duany at a panel discussion on May 25, 1994 at the Municipal Art Society in New York.
New urbanism: a critical review / Patric de Villiers.
In: Australian planner: journal of the Royal Australian Planning Institute 1997, v.34, n.1, p.30-34, ISSN 0729-3682.
New urbanism: bygging i USA med menneskelig målestokk / Ellen S. de Vibe ... [et al.].
In: Byggekunst: the Norwegian review of architecture 1997, v.79, n.3, p.26-31, ISSN 0007-7518.
Notes: Outlines standards and terminology for types of roads and cites American communities such as Seaside and Windsor, Fla., and Kentlands, Md.
The new urbanism: celebrating the city / Paul M. Bray.
In: Places 1993 Summer, v.8, n.4, p.56-65, ISSN 0731-0455.
Notes: On urban culture, linkage, civic engagement, and the public realm.
New urbanism: onderzoek naar een vergeten taal / Harm Tilman.
In: Architect 1995 Feb., v.26, n.2, p.38-47, ISSN 0044-8621.
A new urbanist library / Marc Hochstein.
In: Urban land 1994 Oct., v.53, n.10, p.79-81, ISSN 0042-0891.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Review of seven books all published between 1993 and 1994, on the "New Urbanism" (NU) movement to "eschew ... suburban
sprawl in favor of compact, mixed use, villagelike environments.
The new urbanists: the second generation / Beth Dunlop.
In: Architectural record 1997 Jan., v.185, n.1, p.132-135, ISSN 0003-858X.
Notes: Features five projects: Hometown Plan, South Miami, Fla. (Dover, Kohl & Partners); Incae Neighborhood Plan, Guayaquil, Ecuador (Correa Valle Valle); Weber Block, Detroit (Archive D.S.); Mercer Island Town Center, Mercer Island, Wash. (Lennertz & Coyle); Parkside, Chicago (Farr Assoc.).
The next American metropolis [by] Peter Calthorpe; The new urbanism [ed. by] Peter Katz [and] Urban revisions [ed. by] Russell Ferguson [book review] / Han Meyer.
In: Archis 1995 Nov., n.11, p.87-89, ISSN 0921-8041.
On form versus function: will the new urbanism reduce traffic, or increase it? / Randall Crane.
In: Journal of planning education and research 1996 Winter, v.15, n.2, p.[117]-126, ISSN 0739-456X.
Once upon a town / Ruth Eckdish Knack.
In: Planning 1996 Mar., v.62, n.3, p.10-13, ISSN 0001-2610.
Notes: New Urbanism principles have been incorporated in the development of Celebration, a planned community in Walt Disney World near Orlando, Fla. Architects: Robert A.M. Stern and Jaquelin Robertson; office park by Aldo Rossi.
Our urbanism / Andres Duany.
In: Architecture 1998 Dec., v.87, n.12, p.37-[40], ISSN 0746-0554.
Notes: Duany responds to Alex Krieger's criticisms of New Urbanism which appeared in the Nov. 1998 issue of this journal.
Reading urbanism [book review] / John Kaliski.
In: Design book review: DBR 1996-1997 Winter, n.37-38, p.69-80, ISSN 0737-5344.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Review of The New Urbanism by Peter Katz (1994); The Next American Metropolis by Peter Calthorpe (1993); Rebuilding by Daniel Solomon (1992).
Spin doctors / Julie Dercle.
In: Planning 1995 Dec., v.61, n.12, p.18-21, ISSN 0001-2610.
Notes: The author argues that American films and television perpetuate the American dream of suburban single-family home and car ownership while portraying cities as threatening, thus challenging "New Urbanism" attempts at sustainability.
Stock plans / Ruth Eckdish Knack.
In: Journal of the American Planning Association 1998 Spring, v.64, n.2, p.131-132, ISSN 0194-4363.
Notes: The last of six articles on the influence of Ebenzer Howard a century after the publication of his work on garden cities sees little evidence of new urbanism or neotraditional concepts at work in the standard suburban housing developments that are emptying cities and towns and filling up open space.
Teaching new urbanism / Alex Marshall.
In: Metropolis 1997 Oct., v.17, n.3, p.35,38, ISSN 0279-4977.
Notes: Neo-traditional design programs are appearing at a few, but far from all, architecture schools in the U.S.
Tilbake til framtida? The "new" urbanism / Karl Otto Ellefsen.
In: Byggekunst: the Norwegian review of architecture 1997, v.79, n.3, p.13-15, ISSN 0007-7518.
Traditional environments and the new urbanism: a regional and historical critique / Nina Veregge.
In: Traditional dwellings and settlements review: journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments 1997 Spring, v.8, n.2, p.[48]-62, ISSN 1050-2092.
Notes: Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Analysis of "the public/private interface in towns in Sonora, Mexico during the late colonial and Porfirian eras", particularly in Alamos and Hermosillo.
Virtuous reality: Aristotle, critical realism, and the reconstruction of architectural and urban theory / Philip Bess.
In: Classicist 1996-1997, n.3, p.6-18, ISSN 1076-2922.
Notes: Essay on New Urbanism.
Walkable suburbs? An evaluation of neotraditional commmunities at the urban edge / Michael Southworth.
In: Journal of the American Planning Association 1997 Winter, v.63, n.1, p.28-44, ISSN 0194-4363.
Notes: A comparison od two recent neotraditional communities, Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Laguna West, Sacramento, Ca., with the turn-of-the-century streetcar suburb, Elmwood, in Berkeley, Ca.
A waterfront for walking / Michael Maynard.
In: Landscape architecture 1997 May, v.87, n.5, p.34,36-39, ISSN 0023-8031.
Notes: Once ignored by the city, the Milwaukee River becomes the link to downtown destinations as new connections are established through the creation of a riverwalk based on new-urbanist ideals. Landscape architects: Ken Kay Assoc. Collaborating architects: Eppstein, Keller & Uhen.
Whose urbanism? Planner Alex Krieger places some cautionary signposts on the road to New Urbanism / Alex Krieger.
In: Architecture 1998 Nov., v.87, n.11, p.73-[77], ISSN 0746-0554.
Notes: Krieger's address to a panel of key academicians invited to a closed debate held in Seaside, Florida in Sept. 1998.