The City Shaped

The City Shaped
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Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 0500280991
ISBN-13 : 9780500280997
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Book Synopsis The City Shaped by : Spiro Kostof

Download or read book The City Shaped written by Spiro Kostof and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 - and moves through time and place to interpret the hidden order inscribed in urban patterns.


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