Dolan Live-Work Planning and Design

Zero-Commute Housing
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-14404-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

"Although the live-work concept is now accepted amongprogressive urban design and planning professionals, the specificsthat define the term, and its application, remain sketchy. Thisencyclopedic work is sure to change that, providing the criticalinformation that is needed by architects, planners andcitizens."
-Peter Katz, Author, The New Urbanism, and PlanningDirector, Arlington County, Virginia
Live-Work Planning and Design is the only comprehensiveguide to the design and planning of live-work spaces forarchitects, designers, and urban planners. Readers will learn frombuilt examples of live-work, both new construction and renovation,in a variety of locations. Urban planners, developers, and economicdevelopment staff will learn how various municipalities havedeveloped and incorporated live-work within building codes and cityplans. The author, whose pioneering website,www.live-work.com, has been guiding practitioners and usersof live-work since 1998, is the United States' leading expert onthe subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dolan, Thomas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1. Introduction: A Short History and Description of Live-Work.
Chapter 2. Defining Live-Work.
Chapter 3. Designing Live-Work: Meeting Its Unique Needs.
Chapter 4. The market for Live Work.
Chapter 5. Live-Work and Community: A Natural Marriage.
Chapter 6. Live-Work Planning Issues and Regulatory Solutions.
Chapter 7. Live-Work Building Code Issues.
Chapter 8. Epilogue.
Appendix A. Towards a Model Live-Work Planning Code.
Appendix B. A Model Live-Work Building Code System.
Footnotes.

Über Autor(innen)

THOMAS DOLAN is the principal of Thomas Dolan Architecture (TDA) in Oakland, California. An architect, landscape and urban designer, and development and code consultant, Dolan designed the first purpose-built live-work complex constructed in the United States. He was instrumental in the development of the live-work building code for the city of Oakland. Dolan is active in the Congress for the New Urbanism and is the founder of the pioneering website www.live-work.com, which has been a resource for practitioners and users of live-work since 1998.