Florentine new towns : urban design in the late Middle Ages / David Friedman.

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Friedman, David, 1943 August 15-

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Florentine new towns : urban design in the late Middle Ages / David Friedman.

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x, 373 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

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Architectural History Foundation books

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-363) and index.
Policy – Plans – Models – Geometry – Planner – colonies – New town and the urbanism of the Florentine merchant commune.
In English; includes summaries is Latin and Italian.

Summary:

Friedman (history, architecture, MIT) focuses his study in seven areas: policy, plans, models, geometry, planners, colonies and the merchant class. He explores the political issues and design problems that confronted urban planners at a time when the merchant class gained control of government and when government took charge of the physical environ.

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ISBN:

0262061139
9780262061131

Subject:

New towns Italy Florence Region.
Cities and towns, Medieval Italy Florence Region.
City planning Italy Florence Region.
New towns.
Cities and towns, Medieval.
Villes nouvelles.
Villes médiévales.
City planning
Stadsplanning.
Italy Florence Region
Florence (Italy) Social life and customs 1268-1559.
Italy Tuscany Town planning, history

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Architectural History Foundation books.

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