The Urban Design Toolkit

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-915722-71-3
Verlag: RIBA Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

The Urban Design Toolkit provides a comprehensive compendium of applied urban design methods, techniques and approaches.

Comprising 32 original 'toolkits', the book offers detailed step-by-step guidance across three core practices. Firstly, on contextual analysis, ranging from the strategic to the human scale and focusing on the ways in which people understand and interact with their surroundings; secondly, on the responsive design of functional streets, spaces, green infrastructure and building arrangements; and finally, on the wide-ranging approaches to effectively communicating evidence-based urban design.

Over 300 original graphics and images enhance the reader's understanding of urban design as a technical vocation. Using bespoke supporting examples and international best practice case studies, from Oslo and London to Toronto and Hong Kong, the book is a visually compelling and insightful instruction manual for students, educators and professional practitioners alike.

Whatever your level of experience and expertise, The Urban Design Toolkit will enhance your understanding and develop your skills in the pursuit of contextually responsive, people-centred, high-quality urban design.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Black, Philip

Kerr, Rachel

Sonbli, Taki

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0.0 FORWARD MATTER INTRODUCTION – Paul Karakusevic INTERVIEW - Kate Macintosh, architect INTERVIEW - Osama Shoush, Southwark Council 1.0 RESILIENT TYPOLOGIES OUTLINE + PRECEDENTS CONVERSATION - Mellis Howard + Abigail Batchelor 1.1 Vindmøllebakken - Helen and Hard (Norway) 1.2 Lion Green Road - Mary Duggan (UK) 1.3 Die Hauswirtschaft – Einszueins (Austria) 1.4 Illa Glories - Cierto Estudio (Spain) 1.5 Citizens House – Archio (UK) 1.6 Lyse Lotte - Clauss Kahl Merz Atelier (Switzerland) 2.0 MIXED USE OUTLINE + PRECEDENTS INTERVIEW - Benjamin Cadranel, Citydev Brussels 2.1 Selby Urban Village - Karakusevic Carson Architects (UK) 2.2 Gryson Mixed Used Development - Org Permenant Modernity (Belgium) 2.3 Central Somers Town - Adam Kahn (UK) 2.4 Quiro - Bajet Girame (Spain) 2.5 Rambossons - Jaccaud Spicher Architectes (Switzerland) 2.6 Housing for Artists – Apparata (UK) 3.0 NEW MATERIALITY OUTLINE + PRECEDENTS INTERVIEW - Anne Beim, Paris Habitat 3.1 Cornella - peris+toral.arquitectes (Spain) 3.2 Rue des Cevennes - Raphael Gabrion (France) 3.3 39 Salvador Espriu Street - Carles Oliver (Spain) 3.4 Rue des Quatre-Cheminées et Suisse – Delchelette Architectes (France) 4.0 URBAN MENDING OUTLINE + PRECEDENTS INTERVIEW - Javier Buron, Barca + Navarre 4.1 Ordnance Lane - Mikhail Riches (UK) 4.2 Chowdhury / Tori Ann - Al-Jawad Pike (UK) 4.3 Kirkfell, Regents Park Estate – Mae (UK) 4.4 Ledbury Estate - Karakusevic Carson Architects (UK) 4.5 Logement Collectif Arvor - Burbouge Graindorge (France) 5.0 RETROFIT OUTLINE + PRECEDENTS CONVERSATION Caroline Hull, KCA + Collective Architecture 5.1 l’îlot Saint Germain - François Brugel (France) 5.2 Nekkersput – DBLV (Belgium) 5.3 Bell StreetStables - Collective Architecture (UK) 5.4 Richard Lenoir Rehabilitation et Surelevation project - Boman architects (France) 0.0 END MATTER COMMENT - Abigail Batchelor Country Data Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Philip Black is Director of the Manchester Urban Design LAB (MUD-Lab) and Senior Lecturer in Urban Design and Head of Urban Design Programmes at the University of Manchester. He is the lead author of The Urban Design Process and Applied Urban Design: A Contextually Responsive Approach.

Rachel Kerr is Lecturer in Urban Design at the University of Manchester and chartered member of the RTPI, with over ten years’ experience working in urban design practice. She has worked at consultancies AECOM and WYG and most recently as Associate in the Urban Design team at Tetra Tech, before joining the University of Manchester.

Dr Taki Sonbli is Manager of the Manchester Urban Design LAB, and the Technical Lead Specialist for all urban design programmes at University of Manchester. Taki is co-author of The Urban Design Process and Applied Urban Design: A Contextually Responsive Approach.