Value in the view : conserving historic urban views / Tom Brigden.

By:

Tom Brigden [author.]

Contributor(s):

Sharr, Adam [writer of foreword.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London RIBA 2018Description: vii, 160 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9781859467305

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.69 23 BRI-V 2018 875585

LOC classification:

NA9053.H55 B75 2018

Contents:

Foreword: view, value & power / Adam Sharr -- Introduction -- The elevated view -- Vedute di Roma -- Britain's first protected vista: the view from Richmond Hill -- Indignation: preserving the view -- London -- Dresden -- St Petersburg -- Istanbul -- Vancouver -- Towards an international methodology.

Summary: Cities worldwide are facing growing pressure to develop upwards with buildings that have a direct impact upon their visual character. In reaction, systems of view protection have been developed to conserve the familiar visual experience of cities. Such developments continue to be both politically and financially risky for developers, architects, planners and politicians alike. The controversy surrounding view protection highlights the lack of both a scholarly and practical understanding of the ideas that underpin view protection policy - where did they originate? What do they mean? How do they work? And what are their consequences? 'Value in the View: Conserving Historic Urban Views' is a highly engaging guide that will aid practitioners in the implementation of policy and design of development within historic urban contexts, as well as contributing to scholarly debate on the protection of views in architecture and planning.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-154) and index.

Cities worldwide are facing growing pressure to develop upwards with buildings that have a direct impact upon their visual character. In reaction, systems of view protection have been developed to conserve the familiar visual experience of cities. Such developments continue to be both politically and financially risky for developers, architects, planners and politicians alike. The controversy surrounding view protection highlights the lack of both a scholarly and practical understanding of the ideas that underpin view protection policy - where did they originate? What do they mean? How do they work? And what are their consequences? 'Value in the View: Conserving Historic Urban Views' is a highly engaging guide that will aid practitioners in the implementation of policy and design of development within historic urban contexts, as well as contributing to scholarly debate on the protection of views in architecture and planning.