"Although the live-work concept is now accepted amongprogressive urban design and planning professionals, the specificsthat define the term, and its application, remain sketchy. Thisencyclopedic work is sure to change that, providing the criticalinformation that is needed by architects, planners andcitizens."
-Peter Katz, Author, The New Urbanism, and PlanningDirector, Arlington County, Virginia
Live-Work Planning and Design is the only comprehensiveguide to the design and planning of live-work spaces forarchitects, designers, and urban planners. Readers will learn frombuilt examples of live-work, both new construction and renovation,in a variety of locations. Urban planners, developers, and economicdevelopment staff will learn how various municipalities havedeveloped and incorporated live-work within building codes and cityplans. The author, whose pioneering website,www.live-work.com, has been guiding practitioners and usersof live-work since 1998, is the United States' leading expert onthe subject.
Thomas Dolan
Architecture Architektur Bauentwurf Bebauungsplanung Building Design Housing Planning Planung
"Dolan's book is an enormously knowledgeable guide to fitting work and living back together. It will be useful to architects, planners, builders, developers, and, most of all, urbanists." (Bettercities.net, June 2012)
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