Design Review: Challenging Urban Aesthetic Control

Introduction: The Debate on Design Review Brenda Case Scheer University of Cincinnati.- 1 Democracy and Design.- 2 Reviewing New Design in Historic Districts.- 3 Can the Process of Architectural Design Review Withstand Legal Scrutiny?.- 4 The Abuse of Discretionary Power.- 5 Design Review and Conservation in England: Historical Development and Contemporary Relationships.- 6 Design Review from the Inside.- 7 Discovering Suburban Values through Design Review.- 8 Design Review Comes to Phoenix.- 9 Santa Fe Styles and Townscapes: The Search for Authenticity.- 10 Transforming Suburbia: The Case Study of Bellevue, Washington.- 11 Discretionary Design Review: Shaping Downtown Cincinnati.- 12 The New England Life: Design Review in Boston.- 13 Place-Making and Design Review.- 14 Carbuncles, Columns, and Pyramids: Lay and Expert Evaluations of Contextual Design Strategies.- 15 Local Architectural Language and Contextualism.- 16 Disciplinary Society and the Myth of Aesthetic Justice.- 17 Private Design Review in Edge City.- 18 Battery Park City: An American Dream of Urbanism.- Epilogue.