While there has been considerable attention by practitioners and academics to development in urban cores and new neighborhoods on the periphery of cities, there has been little attention to the redesign and redevelopment of existing suburbs.

Retrofitting Suburbia is a comprehensive guidebook for architects, planners, urban designers, and developers that illustrates how existing suburbs can be redesigned and redeveloped. The book shows how development in existing suburbs can absorb new growth and evolve in relation to changed demographic, technological, and economic conditions.

Contents

Urban versus suburban form
Why retrofits? Why now?

Part I: The Argument

1. Instant Cities, Instant Architecture, and Incremental Metropolitanism

Part II: The Examples

2. Retrofitting Garden Apartments and Residential Subdivisions to address density and the new demographics
3. Residential Case Study: Changes to "Levittown".
4. From Commercial Strips to Social and Sustainable Infrastructure
5. Strips Case Study: Mashpee Commons, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
6. From Regional Malls, to New Downtowns Through Mixed-Use and Public Space
7. Mall Case Study: Cottonwood, Holladay, Utah
8. Mall Case Study: Belmar, Lakewood, Colorado
9. Edge City Infill: Improving Walkability and Interconnectivity
10. Edge City Case Study: Downtown Kendall/Dadeland, Miami-Dade County, Florida
11. Office and Industrial Park Retrofits to Recruit the Creative Class
12. Office Park Case Study: University Town Center, Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Index

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