TY - GEN AU - Swaback,Vernon D. TI - The creative community: designing for life SN - 1920744150 (hardcover) U1 - 711.4 PY - 2003/// CY - Victoria PB - Images Publishing Dist A/C KW - Architecture and society KW - City planning KW - Planned communities KW - United States N2 - This extraordinary collection of thoughts and images adds up to a positive prophecy for a future in which the architecture and stewardship of daily life becomes humanity's greatest work of art. It is a future where standardised codes and arguments give way to commitment, creativity and beauty - where our deepest needs and desires are holistically embraced by thoughtful design. The Creative Community by Vernon D. Swaback is a journey through ideas and places, stretching our imaginations and inspiring us to move beyond our patterns of production-driven uniformity. This book is both invitation and guide for giving our best to the future by first creating it for ourselves. It illuminates a subject that is most often buried in planner's jargon, making it as personal as our own homes, which of course it is UR - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1920744150/chopaconline-20 ER -