TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGlynn, Sue 
AU  - Graham Smith,
AU  - Ian Bentley
AU  -  Paul Murrain, 
AU  -  Alan Alcock,
TI  - Responsive environments : a manual for designers / 
SN  - 9780750605663
U1  - 711.4 
PY  - 1985///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Architectural
KW  - City planning |y  650 0	|a 653	|a
KW  - 1945-
KW  -  Architecture
KW  -  Environmental aspects
KW  - Urban regions
KW  - Environment planning
N1  - Permeability; Variety; Legibility; Robustness; Visual appropriateness; Richness; Personalisation; Putting it all together; Index
N2  - Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed in to places or buildings.

This is a practical book about architecture and urban design. It is most concerned with the areas of design which most frequently go wrong and impresses the idea that ideals alone are not enough. Ideals must be linked through appropriate design ideas to the fabric of the built environemnt itself. This book is a practical attempt to show how this can be done
ER  -