University planning and architecture:the search for perfection

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Coulson Jonathan.
Group Author: Roberts Paul; (Michael Paul), 1964-; Taylor Isabelle.
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: Abingdon, Oxon [England] New York, NY
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: vii, 263 p.: col. ill., maps ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 0415571103 (hardback)
9780415571104 (hardback : alk. paper)
Index Number: TU244
CLC: TU244.3
Call Number: TU244.3/C855
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index.
University planning and architecture, 1088-2010: a chronology -- Case studies. Aarhus University ; Columbia University ; University of Technology Petronas ; University of Virginia ; University of Western Australia ; Uppsala University ; Utrecht University ; Yale University -- Designing the twenty-first century campus.
"This book comprehensively documents the worldwide evolution of university design from the Middle Ages to the present day, uncovering the key developments which have shaken the world of campus planning. A series of detailed and highly illustrated case-studies profile universally acclaimed campuses that, through their planning, architecture and landscaping, have succeeded in making positive contributions to the field ... "--Publisher description.