Urban Masterplanning Handbook

Eric Firley is the author of this book’s companion volumes The Urban Housing Handbook (2009) and The Urban Towers Handbook (2011). Assistant Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture since January 2011, he is a trained architect and urban designer with work experience in property development and several design practices in Paris and London. Regularly invited to speak at architectural institutions around the world, he has a specific interest in interdisciplinary research and in the relationship between architecture and the urban fabric.Katharina Grön is a German planner who graduated in 2008 from the Hamburg University of Technology. Already involved in the production of The Urban Housing Handbook, she has developed the graphic concept of the book, including diagrams and custom-made urban plans. She lives and works as a planner and urban designer in Hamburg.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionCASE STUDIESBroadgate, London 24Masséna Nord, Paris 36stuyvesant Town, New York 50Battery Park City, New York 62Avenue de l’Opéra, Paris 76Vauban, Freiburg 88Antigone, Montpellier 100Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 114Kirchsteigfeld, Potsdam 126Spangen, Rotterdam 138Belgravia, London 150False Creek North, Vancouver 164Sarphatipark, Amsterdam 178Marunouchi, Tokyo 190Euralille, Lille 200Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires 212Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm 224Downtown Dubai 236Beijing Central Business District 248La Défense Seine Arche, Greater Paris 260APPENDICESTimeline 274Density Table 275Figure-ground Diagrams 276Scale Comparison of all Projects 280Bibliography 282 Index 284Image Credits 288

"This well-researched handbook provides readers with a comprehensive, in-depth and historic evaluation of some of the most recognisable international urban landscapes created over the last 200 years." (Building Engineer,??August 2013) "... this substantial book is less an instruction manual for urban development and more a deep resource for architects, urban designers, planners and other development professionals." (Building Design, June 2013)