Designing the Global City Design Excellence, Competitions and the Remaking of Central Sydney /

• Main Authors: Freestone, Robert (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Davison, Gethin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hu, Richard (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Architecture.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Urbanism.; Cities, Countries, Regions.

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 Sy...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Property development, governance and the pursuit of design excellence
• Global Sydney: Economy, planning and environment
• A pre-history of design excellence in Sydney
• City of Sydney's Competitive Design Policy: Context, genesis and operation
• Competitive projects and their design outcomes
• Competitions and Excellence: Three case studies
• The benefits and drawbacks of mandatory design competitions
• Design competitions as public policy
• Conclusion.