Product Description

Cities are among the most enduring and remarkable of human artefacts. This study explains how and why cities took the shape they did. Professor Kostof focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as diagram, the grand manner and the skyline - and interprets the hidden order of urban patterns. Photographs, historical views and specially commissioned drawings depict a global mosaic of citybuilding: the shaping of medieval Siena; the creation of New Delhi as the crown of the Raj; the remodelling of Moscow as the self-styled capital of world socialism and the transformation of the skyline as religious and civic symbols yield to the towers of corporate business.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92501 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

The City Shaped
Let's face it, few people will read this book. This book is all about the pictures and photos which are both facinating and inspiring. If you're into architecture or town planning this a book that ought to be on your bookshelf - or more importantly, flicked through every so often.