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The City Shaped

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Author : Spiro Kostof
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

The City Shaped written by Spiro Kostof and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Cities and towns categories.

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.

The City Assembled

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Author : Spiro Kostof
language : en
Publisher: Bulfinch Press
Release Date : 1992

The City Assembled written by Spiro Kostof and has been published by Bulfinch Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Social Science categories.

Kostof follows The City Shaped with a brilliant study of the component parts that make up urban life. All cities consist of certain basic elements--streets, parks, public places, and boundaries--and it is to these day-to-day pieces of urban experience that this book turns, providing a fascinating understanding of walls, fortifications, placement of green space, and the fringe areas where city and country meet. Illustrations.

The City Assembled

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Author : Spiro Kostof
language : en
Publisher: Bulfinch Press
Release Date : 1999

The City Assembled written by Spiro Kostof and has been published by Bulfinch Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.

Moving from the historical and cultural overviews of the city, Kostof descends into the streets, sidewalks, squares, markets, and waterfronts and presents a detailed urban anatomy. The book is organized thematically around the structural phenomena of cities, the city edge, the street, public space, the marketplace, and the realities of cultural and economic segregation.

The City Assembled

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Author : Spiro Kostof
language : en
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Release Date : 1992

The City Assembled written by Spiro Kostof and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Architecture categories.

Spiro Kostof, the renowned architectural historian and chronicler of urban form, presents a universal history of the elements of cities: streets, public places, urban divisions, and the borders of city and countryside. This is both an independent study and a companion volume to Professor Kostof's book The City Shaped which dealt with cities as complete entities. Now he follows the evolution of their components, and traces the story right up to the present, showing how the issues remain fresh and engage with our own day, often in unexpected ways. He also discusses urban process: the effect on cities of natural disasters (such as the Great Fire of London and the Lisbon earthquake), war and comprehensive redevelopment, compared with traditional patterns of incremental growth and change. This is at once an exercise in architectural and social history, a case-study for the present, and a pointer for the future.

History Of Architecture

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Author : Louisa Caroline Tuthill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848

History Of Architecture written by Louisa Caroline Tuthill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with Architecture categories.

The Image Of The City

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Author : Kevin Lynch
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1964-06-15

The Image Of The City written by Kevin Lynch and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964-06-15 with Architecture categories.

The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion—imageability—and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.

The Architect

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Author : Spiro Kostof
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000

The Architect written by Spiro Kostof and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.

The Architect traces the role of the profession across the centuries and in different cultures, showing the architect both as designer and as mediator between the client and the builder.

Technology And The City

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Author : Michael Nagenborg
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-01-25

Technology And The City written by Michael Nagenborg and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-25 with Philosophy categories.

The contributions in this volume map out how technologies are used and designed to plan, maintain, govern, demolish, and destroy the city. The chapters demonstrate how urban technologies shape, and are shaped, by fundamental concepts and principles such as citizenship, publicness, democracy, and nature. The many authors herein explore how to think of technologically mediated urban space as part of the human condition. The volume will thus contribute to the much-needed discussion on technology-enabled urban futures from the perspective of the philosophy of technology. This perspective also contributes to the discussion and process of making cities ‘smart’ and just. This collection appeals to students, researchers, and professionals within the fields of philosophy of technology, urban planning, and engineering.

Contesting Space In Colonial Singapore

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Author : Brenda S. A. Yeoh
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2003

Contesting Space In Colonial Singapore written by Brenda S. A. Yeoh and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

In the British colonial city of Singapore, municipal authorities and Asian communities faced off over numerous issues. As the city expanded, various disputes concerning issues such as sanitation, housing and street names arose. This volume details these conflicts and how they shaped the city.

Order Without Design

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Author : Alain Bertaud
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2018-12-04

Order Without Design written by Alain Bertaud and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-04 with Political Science categories.

An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure. Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the ground—the width of streets, the minimum size of land parcels, the heights of buildings. The language they use to describe their objectives is qualitative—“sustainable,” “livable,” “resilient”—often with no link to measurable outcomes. Urban economics, on the other hand, is a quantitative science, based on theories, models, and empirical evidence largely developed in academic settings. In this book, the eminent urban planner Alain Bertaud argues that applying the theories of urban economics to the practice of urban planning would greatly improve both the productivity of cities and the welfare of urban citizens. Bertaud explains that markets provide the indispensable mechanism for cities' development. He cites the experience of cities without markets for land or labor in pre-reform China and Russia; this “urban planners' dream” created inefficiencies and waste. Drawing on five decades of urban planning experience in forty cities around the world, Bertaud links cities' productivity to the size of their labor markets; argues that the design of infrastructure and markets can complement each other; examines the spatial distribution of land prices and densities; stresses the importance of mobility and affordability; and critiques the land use regulations in a number of cities that aim at redesigning existing cities instead of just trying to alleviate clear negative externalities. Bertaud concludes by describing the new role that joint teams of urban planners and economists could play to improve the way cities are managed.