Proceedings of the International Symposium on Design Review (Routledge Revivals)

University of Cincinnati, October 8-11, 1992

Wolfgang F. E. Preiser, Brenda Case Scheer

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781138693173
• eBook ISBN:
  9781315531113
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Architecture General

First published in 1992, this book collects together the papers presented at the International Symposium on Design Review which was held to address the growing tendency of local governments to institute programs of aesthetic control. The editor argues that the widespread adoption of design review processes in the years preceding the conference necessitated thoroughgoing professional criticism and a number of areas of debate are identified and addressed in the subsequent papers. Are the difficulties experienced by planners, community activists and architects with the process due to its relative youth or inherent flaws in the entire concept? How should mechanical problems like time and expense, the ease with which the process can be manipulated, and general inefficiencies in the system be resolved? More intricate problems are also addressed, such as: who has the power to judge the aesthetic quality of a building, whether design review infringes on the rights of the individual especially under the First Amendment, whether the design review process is "fair", and the difficulty for the reviewer of deciding what is right and what is wrong having taken into account factors that can be highly subjective or contradict more practical concerns.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Setting the Stage for Debate
• Place-Making and Design Review
• Design Review from the Inside?
• Making Connections: An Integrated Approach to Urban Design Along the Highway
• Democracy and Design
• Principles and Concepts of Urban Design: Design Review in Germany
• Urban Design Aesthetics: The Evaluative Qualities of Building Exteriors
• Challenges to Design Review: Complexities and Contradictions in Lay Perceptions of Compatibility Among Buildings
• All Buildings Great and Small: Design Review from High Rise to Houses
• Design Review: A Theoretical Framework
• Design Review: Underlying Assumptions on Substance and Process
• Design as Action
• The Validation of Computer Simulations for Design Guidelines Dispute Resolution
• Visualisation and Policy Statements for Negotiated Outcomes in Design Control
• Hypermedia Support for Design Review Decisions
• Design Review and New Design in Historic Districts
• Local Architectural Language as a Context for Design Review
• Landmark Designation of Houses of Worship: Is It Constitutional?
• Can the Process of Architectural Design Review Withstand Legal Scrutiny?
• Disciplinary Society and the Myth of Aesthetic Justice- The Ideology of Architectural Review
• Corrupting the Masses with Good Taste
• The Structure of Esthetics and the Workings of Design Review
• Designing Adaptable Communities
• Beyond Design Review: Implications for Design Practice, Education, and Research
• Event or Process: Concurrences and Conflicts in the Review of Urban Design
• Private Design Review in Edge City
• Toward Insuring Design Excellence in Academe: Design Review and the Public Campus
• The Market as an Arbiter of the Built Environment
• Battery Park City: An American Dream of Urbanism
• Design Review of the Urban Infrastructure
• Cultural Corridor: A Preservation District in Downtown Rio de Janeiro
• Design Review Comes to Phoenix
• Control Codes, Design Review and Political Compromise: Conclusions from Case Studies in Sydney
• The City of Bern: Design Review from Patriciate to Democratic Government.
• Qualities and Values in Urban Design: The Rhetorics of Cities; Transformations in Traditional Danish Culture and of the City of the "Moderns"
• Santa Fe Styles and Townscapes: The Search for Authenticity
• The Crafted Word: Techniques for Developing Verbal Design Skills
• The Case Study Method in Design Review: Methodological Considerations
• Design Review and Conservation in England: Historical Development and Contemporary Relationship
• What Can Design Review Learn From Development Control and Vice Versa?
• Transforming Suburbia Through Design Review: Case Study: Bellevue, Washington
• Urban Design Review in Cincinnati
• The New England Life: Design Review in Boston
• Ad Hoc at Work: An Analysis of Design Review for the Spokane Transit Center
• Design Review and the Abuse of Discretionary Power
• The Visionary Expert: An Historical Perspective on the Role of Design in the Development of City Planning
• The Role of Aesthetic Detailing in Design
• Returning to Good Old Patterns - To Market Squares
• Dollars for Design: A Case Study of Design Review in a Facade Rebate Program (Wilmette, Illinois)