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Architecture Urban & Land Use Planning

The Calgary Project

Urban Form / Urban Life

by (author) Beverly Sandalack & Andrei Nicolai

Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2006
Category
Urban & Land Use Planning, Criticism, Study & Teaching
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552382172
    Publish Date
    Sep 2006
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

The Calgary Project : Urban Form / Urban Life represents the culmination of five years of diligent research and observation in a unique and timely study of this prairie metropolis. The authors choose to look at the city of Calgary not only because of its phenomenal growth, but also to consider the premise that the evolution of any city reflects the ideology and cultural values of its inhabitants. When the different eras of significant growth are examined a pattern emerges that reflects the myriad of choices in urban design and planning and the impact of these decisions on the spatial qualities of the public realm. It is in this context that The Calgary Project serves as an invaluable case study for considering the often changing theories and practices of urban planning, providing a lens through which to analyze city form and its evolution.

About the authors

Beverly Sandalack is Professor and founding Coordinator of the Urban Design Program in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary, and Director of the Urban Lab, an award-winning interdisciplinary research group. She is a landscape architect and planner with a specialisation in urban design.

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Andrei Nicolai is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary.

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Awards

  • Commended, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Awards of Excellence Program, National Honour