What Cities Say
Author | : Emily Talen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2024-07-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780197647776 |
ISBN-13 | : 0197647774 |
Rating | : 4/5 (774 Downloads) |
Download or read book What Cities Say written by Emily Talen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In What Cities Say, Emily Talen provides a wide-ranging yet concise synthesis of the fundamental drivers of built form, its social and cultural meaning, and how we should interpret it. Including thirty-five distinct city patterns and forms, Talen develops a language of interpretation to understand the motive and meaning behind the city and its elements. By exposing these meanings, Talen asserts that we will be in a stronger position to articulate, and argue for, the kinds of cities we want.