A city's architecture : Aberdeen as 'designed city' / William Alvis Brogden.

Main entry:

Brogden, William A.

Title & Author:

A city's architecture : Aberdeen as 'designed city' / William Alvis Brogden.

Publication:

Description:

xxviii, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Ashgate studies in architecture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- The landscape -- Legacy of the mediaeval town -- Early improvements -- The designed city -- From classic to Caledonian -- Architecture for everyman -- The granite city -- The perfect pattern for a town.

Summary:

This book examines the development and design of a city from three inescapable aspects: its location and character of the landscape; its own particular history of development; and its cultural responses to various waves of thought.

ISBN:

9781409411475 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1409411478 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Scotland Aberdeen.
City planning Scotland Aberdeen.
Architecture.
Buildings.
City planning.
Städtebau
Stadtplanung
Architektur.
Stadtentwicklung.
Aberdeen (Scotland) Buildings, structures, etc.
Scotland Aberdeen.
Aberdeen

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Ashgate studies in architecture series.

Aberdeen as 'designed city'

Holdings:

Location: Library main 277328
Call No.: BIB 212110
Status: Available

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