Design review : challenging urban aesthetic control / edited by Brenda Case Scheer & Wolfgang F.E. Preiser.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : the debate on design review / Brenda Case Scheer -- Democracy and design / John Delafons -- Reviewing new design in historic districts / Ellen Beasley -- Can the process of architectural design review withstand legal scrutiny? / Richard Tseng-yu Lai -- The abuse of discretionary power / Brian W. Blaesser -- Design review and conservation in England : historical development and contemporary relationships / John V. Punter -- Design review from the inside / Bernard J. Frieden -- Discovering suburban values through design review / Gary Hack -- Design review comes to Phoenix / Grady Gammage, Jr. -- Santa Fe styles and townscapes : the search for authenticity / Harry Moul -- Transforming suburbia : the case study of Bellevue, Washington / Mark L. Hinshaw -- Discretionary design review : shaping downtown Cincinnati / Hayden May -- The New England life : design review in Boston / Allan D. Wallis

Place-making and design review / Michael Hough -- Carbuncles, columns, and pyramids : lay and expert evaluations of contextual design strategies / Linda N. Groat -- Local architectural language and contextualism / Anthony D. Radford -- Disciplinary society and the myth of aesthetic justice / Patrick J. Pouler -- Private design review in edge city / David J. Baab -- Battery Park City : an American dream of urbanism / Francis P. Russell