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Urban design facts for kids

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Urban design is a subject of urban planning focusing on design of cities or other urban areas. Whereas architecture focuses on individual buildings, urban design is about the design of whole neighbourhoods and entire cities. It is about making them functional and attractive.

Images for kids

  • Dubai Sports City Model Pict 5

    Dubai Sports City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Lorategi-hiriaren diagrama 1902

    Ebenezer Howard's influential 1902 diagram, illustrating urban growth through garden city "off-shoots"

  • Jakriborg, juni 2005 c

    Jakriborg in Sweden, started in the late 1990s as a new urbanist eco-friendly new town near Malmö

  • L'Enfant plan

    L'Enfant's plan for Washington DC

  • Urban Design Center Kashiwa-no-ha

    Urban Design Center Kashiwa-no-ha

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Diseño urbano para niños

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