The city shaped : urban patterns and meanings through history / Spiro Kostof ; original drawings by Richard Tobias.

Main entry:

Kostof, Spiro.

Title & Author:

The city shaped : urban patterns and meanings through history / Spiro Kostof ; original drawings by Richard Tobias.

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 1991.

Description:

352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342) and index.
Introduction -- 1 "Organic" patterns -- 2 The grid -- 3 The city as diagram -- 4 The grand manner -- 5 The urban skyline.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0500341184
9780500341186
0500280991
9780500280997

Subject:

Cities and towns History.
Cities and towns Growth.
Villes Histoire.
Villes Croissance.
21.73 urban development (architecture)
74.72 urban planning.
Cities and towns
Geschichte
Grundriss
Stadt
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Stedenbouw.
Stadsplanning.
Cities Environment planning
ontwikkeling
development
ruimtelijke ordening
physical planning
planning
beleid
policy
steden
towns
stedelijke gebieden
urban areas
historische geografie
historical geography
gemeenten
municipalities
History (General)
Geschiedenis (algemeen)

Form/genre:

History
History (form)

Added entries:

Tobias, Richard, illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 68858
Call No.: ID:91-B3922
Status: Available

Location: Library main 68857
Call No.: ID PLM; ID:91-B3922
Status: Available

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