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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.
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The city shaped, Spiro Kostof
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- Released
- 1999
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- Title
- The city shaped
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Spiro Kostof
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0500280991
- ISBN13
- 9780500280997
- Description
- 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.