URBANDESIGN
Urban design
Urban design is the process of designing and shaping cities, towns and villages. Whereas architecture focuses on individual buildings, urban design address the larger scale of groups of buildings, of streets and public spaces, whole neighborhoods and districts, and entire cities,basically the shaping of masses and spaces to make urban areas functional, attractive, and sustainable.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Urban design
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