The city shaped : Urban patterns and meanings through history
By
Spiro Kostof
Contributor
Original drawings by Richard Tobias.
Periodical
0
Serial
4066
Publisher
Thames and Hudson, London
Description
352
ISBN / ISSN No.
0500341184
Summay
The book is about the universal phenomenon of citymaking seen in a historical perspective - how and why cities took the shape they did. It focuses on a number of themes-organic patterns, the grid, the city as a diagram, the grand manner, and the skyline -
DDC Classification No.
711.40920
Accession No.
4066
Shelving location
9
Category
Architecture-Civic Art