Overview
- The first book to use big data to shed new light on popular images of cities
- Provides new findings and insights on people’s perceptions of cities and identification of socio-spatial clusters
- Offers a guide to the successful vertical development of skyscrapers
Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The chaotic proliferation of skyscrapers in many cities around the world is contributing to a decline in placemaking. This book examines the role of skyscrapers and open spaces in promoting placemaking in the city of Chicago. Chicago’s skyscrapers tell an epic story of transformative architectural design, innovative engineering solutions, and bold entrepreneurial spirit. The city’s public plazas and open spaces attract visitors, breathe life, and bring balance into the cityscape. Using locational data from social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, along with imagery from Google Earth, fieldwork, direct observations, in-depth surveys, and the combined insights from architectural and urban design literature, this study reveals the roles that socio-spatial clusters of skyscrapers, public spaces, architecture, and artwork play to enhance placemaking in Chicago. The study illustrates how Chicago, as the birthplace of skyscrapers, remains a leading city in tall building integration and innovation. Focusing on some of the finest urban places in America, including the Chicago River, the Magnificent Mile, and the Chicago Loop, the book offers meaningful architectural and urban design lessons that are transferable to emerging skyscraper cities around the globe.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Kheir Al-Kodmany is a Professor of Spatial Planning and Urban Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He has been teaching for 30 years, has published over 100 papers and six books, and ranks among top faculty in the United States. Dr. Al-Kodmany was invited by mayors of numerous cities to help in preparing master plans and lectured in renowned universities worldwide. He worked for the Chicago firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and he continues consulting on architecture and planning projects. He is on the editorial boards of a dozen of journals covering a wide range of topics including sustainability, eco-architecture, urban design, urban planning, e-planning, spatial planning, geographic information systems, visualization systems, and the like.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tall Buildings and the City
Book Subtitle: Improving the Understanding of Placemaking, Imageability, and Tourism
Authors: Kheir Al-Kodmany
Series Title: The Urban Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6029-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6028-6Published: 10 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6031-6Published: 10 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6029-3Published: 09 July 2020
Series ISSN: 2365-757X
Series E-ISSN: 2365-7588
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 477
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 224 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Urban Studies/Sociology, Social Media