urban design

Urban design is related to urban planning, but focuses on the physical design of places through place making. The complexity of urban design requires the balance and representation of multiple fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, and engineering. Street furniture is playing a larger role in urban planning as well as increasing city income through outdoor advertising.Urban design tends to suggest a serious collective concern for three-dimensional space and as much consideration for the public areas between or beneath buildings as for the buildings themselves. This would imply an understanding of microclimate, the durability of materials, practicality of maintenance and the wishes of likely future users.

See also -

Urban economics

Crime prevention through environmental design

Space Syntax

Urban Planning

New Urbanism

Congress for the New Urbanism

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douglas dreher arquitectos
Start Douglas Dreher Architects is an office created in 1995 whose activity is centered in the integral development of Architectural projects and general design applied to specific fields. Experience In the last few years our production has stood out for the development of projects linked to Tourism, Urban Design, and Landscape Architecture, besides possessing a wide trajectory in Institutional and Residential Architecture, and in non-traditional fields such as Architecture of Fairs, or Vernacular Architecture. This experience accumulated in 10 years of professional exercise allows us to assume big challenges, always having as premise a high quality design. The group of Architects working in the office is a flexible team, able to adapt skilfully to the circumstances of the different projects, notwithstanding if they are local, regional, or international, always responding with efficiency to the demands of our clients. We have a highly qualified associate multiprofesional team as well as strategic alliances with outstanding consultant companies, which allows us to develop both special projects, and those of great size as well. Our clients either public or private, characterized themselves for always searching for quality designs with which they can be identified; among them are International Corporations, Municipalities, Universities, Consultant Offices, etc.
http://www.douglasdreher.com/

stadtwelt
chicago - berlin based architecture design studio
http://www.stadtwelt.de/

yushi uehara architecture home page
This internet site introduces the work of Yushi Uehara, Netherlands based Japanese architect. The works contain architectureal design work, urbanism to writing, teaching and so on. please look into the work and give us your reactions!
http://www.zerodegree.com/

The Quarterly Journal of the Urban Design Group
Part of the Resource for Urban Design Information initiative, scholarly essays and conference proceedings mainly concerning the city. (registration required)
http://www.rudi.net/

University of California Los Angeles Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Faculty and staff, degree programs, online classes, students and alumni, general information.
http://www.aud.ucla.edu/

Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Weather, climate and hydrology services; also details educational projects, publications, and contacts for the organization.
http://www.bom.gov.au/