The second book supported by the CATS publication program, The Smart Growth Manual, has been released by McGraw-Hill. Both this book and The Architecture of Community (below) have been named to the Planetizen list of the Top Ten planning books of 2010.
In The Smart Growth Manual, two of the authors of the landmark book Suburban Nation, Andrés Duany and Jeff Speck, join with urban planner Mike Lydon to explain what, exactly, Smart Growth is. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and a broad array of best practices.
In Suburban Nation, Duany and Speck "set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning" (The New Yorker). With this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners.
CATS proudly announces the release of the first book supported through its publication program, The Architecture of Community, by Léon Krier. (Island Press)
Léon Krier has long been regarded as one of the most provocative architects and urban theoreticians of our time, though until now his ideas have circulated mostly among a professional audience of architects, city planners and academics. The Architecture of Community makes his visionary planning philosophy accessible to a wider public, encouraging and illustrating a common-sense approach to urban planning.
In The Architecture of Community, Krier refines and updates his thinking on the making of sustainable, humane, and attractive villages, towns, and cities. Illustrated throughout with his original drawings, the book offers a cure for the problems of modern urbanism and a practical, contemporary roadmap for the creation and completion of livable communities.
Through its publication program, CATS expands the study of the Transect with the following approaches:
and the following topics:
CATS has commissioned or provided support for numerous books. Descriptions and links will be provided here as they are published.
