Designing the global city : design excellence, competitions and the remaking of central Sydney / Robert Freestone, Gethin davison, Richard Hu.
Freestone, Robert, author.; Davison, Gethin, author.; Hu, Richard, author.
2019
HT178.A8 F74 2019
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Title Designing the global city : design excellence, competitions and the remaking of central Sydney / Robert Freestone, Gethin davison, Richard Hu.
Author Freestone, Robert, author.
ISBN 981132056X (electronic book)
9789811320569 (electronic bk.)
9811320551
9789811320552
Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number HT178.A8 F74 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.121609944/1
Summary This text explores how architectural and urban design values have been co-opted by global cities to enhance their economic competitiveness by creating a superior built environment that is not just aesthetically memorable but more productive and sustainable. It focuses on the experience of central Sydney through its policy commitment to 'design excellence' and more particularly to mandatory competitive design processes for major private development. Framed within broader contexts that link it to comparable urban policy and design issues in the Asia-Pacific region and globally, it provides a scholarly but accessible volume that provides a balanced and critical overview of a policy that has changed the design culture, development expectations, public realm and skyline of central Sydney, raising issues surrounding the uneven distribution of benefits and costs, professional practice, representative democracy, and implications of globalization.-- Provided by publisher.
Note Competitions Elevate Quality by Placing Greater Emphasis on Design Considerations
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 06, 2019).
Added Author Davison, Gethin, author.
Hu, Richard, author.
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Globalisation, Competitiveness and Design Excellence; From Competitive Globalisation to Competitive Design; Sydney: Australia's Global City; Research Approach; Organisation of This Book; Chapter 2: Property Development, Governance and Design Excellence; Introduction; Property Development and Design Governance; Shaping Property Development Outcomes: The Struggle for Opportunity Space; Tools for Public Sector Intervention in Design; Design Competitions as Design Governance

Design Governance and Its ChallengesConclusion; Chapter 3: Global Sydney: Economy, Planning and Environment; Introduction; Global Sydney; Sydney in the Global City System; Economic Transformation; Urban Form; Global City Hotspots; Barangaroo; Planning Systems; Strategic Planning; Statutory Planning; The Physical Character of Central Sydney; Conclusion; Methodological Note; Measuring Advanced Producer Services (APS) in the Sydney CBD; Chapter 4: A Pre-history of Design Excellence in Sydney; Introduction; Sydney in the 1970s; A more Enlightened Climate Valuing Design

Evolving Planning and Design Standards in Sydney CityGrowing Practice of Design Competitions; Conclusion; Chapter 5: The City of Sydney's Competitive Design Policy: Context, Genesis and Operation; Introduction; Design Excellence Post-2000 in Central Sydney; Genesis; Institutionalisation, Review and Revision; Sydney City's Competitive Design Policy; Competition Processes in Action; Timing; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Competitive Projects and Their Design Outcomes; Introduction; Quantifying Competitive Outcomes and Processes in the Sydney CBD; Project Characteristics; Timelines

Competition ParametersPolicy Evolution; Analysing Outcomes; Analysing Processes; Analysing Built Outcomes; Appraisal Results; High Rating Projects; Low Rating Projects; Intermediate Rating Projects; Conclusion; Methodological Note; Undertaking the Statistical Overview; Developing the Appraisal Tool; Chapter 7: Competitions and Excellence: Three Case Studies; Introduction; 200 George Street; Circular Quay: The Development and Design Context; Stage 1 Development Application; Design Competition 2011-2012; Stage 2 Development Application; Reflections; Implications; 60 Martin Place

Background and Lead-UpCompetitive Design Alternatives Process; Detailed Development Application; Reflections; Implications; 50 Bridge Street/Quay Quarter; Background and Backdrop; Stage 1 Development Application; Design Competition 2014; Stage 2 Development Application; Reflections; Implications; Conclusion; Chapter 8: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Mandatory Design Competitions; Introduction; The Benefits; Competitions Elevate Design Quality by Producing Varied and Innovative Solutions; Competitions Generate Variety in the Range of Firms Awarded Design Commissions

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