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001 2008039932
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005 20080915101356.0
008 080910s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aHD7333.A3$bC735 2009
082 00 $a363.509492$222
100 1 $aCousins, Matthew,$d1975-
245 10 $aDesign quality in new housing :$blearning from the Netherlands /$cMatthew Cousins.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bTaylor & Francis,$c2009.
263 $a0811
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAcknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Design quality in the Netherlands. Context -- Consensus culture -- Superdutch -- Policy for architectural quality -- Design quality in Vinex housing -- Sustainability -- Skills and training -- Design quality in the Netherlands -- Case studies of new housing in the Netherlands -- Eastern Harbour District, Amsterdam -- Ijburg, Amsterdam -- Vathorst, Amersfoort -- Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht -- Ypenburg, The Hague -- Ch. 2. Design quality in the United Kingdom. Context -- Policy for quality in the UK -- Density -- Design codes -- Sustainability -- A true Cinderella : skills and training in the UK -- Design quality in the UK -- Low- and high-rise doll's houses and Dan Dare steel and glass towers? -- Design quality in the Thames Gateway -- Case studies of new housing in the UK -- Accordia, Cambridge -- The Greenwich Millennium Village -- The Staiths, Gateshead -- Donnybrook, London -- Ch. 3. Learning from the Netherlands. Context -- Creating methods of implementing design quality -- Design quality through spatial, social, and cultural diversity -- Design quality through architectural and sustainable design -- Design quality through urban design -- Recommendations for implementing design quality in new housing in the future -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aHousing policy$zEngland.
650 0 $aHousing$zEngland.
650 0 $aHousing policy$zNetherlands.
650 0 $aHousing$zNetherlands.
650 0 $aBuilding$xQuality control.
650 0 $aArchitecture, Domestic.