The art of placemaking
Subtitle: interpreting community through public art and urban design
By: Ronald Lee Fleming.
Publisher: Merrell
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781858943718
Subjects: Public art spaces; Public art; Urban beautification
Description: "In The Art of Placemaking, Ronald Lee Fleming adopts a practical approach to tackling public art and community planning in the US as they are experienced today. Through detailed, in-depth case studies he discusses the development of placemaking initiatives since 1990, accompanying beautiful and approachable examples with constructive criticism of those he sees as less successful. The case studies deal with varied projects, ranging from a clock with bronze bells that marks the gateway to downtown Cincinnati to the beautification of a water treatment plant in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and from a terrazzo floor incorporating sea-creatures at Miami International Airport Florida, to a firefighters' memorial in Boston"--