Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-365).

Acknowledgements PART ONE Historical Perspectives Urban space design in history The roots of planning Classical planning Islamic planning Medieval planning 1 : The Dark Ages Arab influences in Europe Sicily Italian peninsula The logic of informal space Medieval planning 2 : European recovery Medieval planning 3 : Irregular Medieval planning in Siena Medieval regularity Bastides Renaissance planning Alberti Baroque Laws of the Indies Paradigms Piazza di San Marco Place Stanislas Twentieth century city New York Surface transport Erie Canal The office building Further growth of the city The elevator Industry Transport Electricity Steel - framed building Developments in transport Air - conditioning Impact of the Zoning Laws Art deco Rockefeller Center Post Rockefeller The electric city : blackouts The atrium
PART TWO Philosophies and Theories Philosophical bases Empiricism Bacon Locke , Berkeley , Hume Rationalism : Descartes Pragmatism Philosophies into practice The Rationalists Laugier Quatremère Ideal forms : Plato Boullée and Ledoux The Empiricists Addison , Burke , Alison Gilpin and Price Payne Knight Repton Later planning theories and practices Public Health Acts Haussmann ' s Boulevards Sitte ' s artistic planning Julien Gaudet The City Beautiful Howard ' s Garden City Stein ' s neighbourhood Le Corbusier : Ville Radieuse Le Corbusier on the street Le Corbusier on New York Urban realities Jane Jacobs Christopher Alexander Nicholas Taylor March and Trace Peter Cowan Oscar Newman Alice Coleman PART THREE Theories into Practice Neo - Rationalists Tendenza 1 Manfredo Tafuri Ideologies Marxism Frederick Engels Charles Baudelaire Georg Simmel
Architecture and Utopia Aldo Rossi Aymonimo Tendenza 2 Urban facts The Krier Brothers 1 Tendenza Exhibition Alan Colquhoun Rossi Gallaratese Modena Cemetery The Krier Brothers 2 Robert Krier Urban space Leon Krier Luxembourg La Villette St Quentin en Yvellines Rational : Architecture : Rationelle Rodrigo Pérez d ' Arce Bofill Neo - Empiricists Reventós , Folguera , Nogues and Utrillo Pueblo Español Clough Williams - Ellis Portmeirion Gordon Cullen Kevin Lynch François Spoerry Port Grimaud Alexander Pattern language Venturi 1 Complexity and contradiction Venturi 2 Learning from Las Vegas Robert Stern Charles Moore Kresge College ( 1966 – 74 Piazza d ' Italia Rowe and Koetter Collage City The competitions Roma Interrotta Les Halles Treatment of urban space Halprin and Moore ; Johnson Bofill and the Taller de Arquitectura Miguel Angel Roca : Cordoba Bohigas : Barcelona Isosaki : Tsukuba Civic Centre
PART FOUR Applications General urban texture and monuments Berlin : general urban texture Interbau ( IBA ) The Kultur Forum Paris : the monuments Architectures Capitales Parc de la Villette Deconstruction Jacques Derrida Venturi 3 The future of the city Post IBA Alexander : New Theory of Urban Design Duany and Plater - Zyberk : Seaside Rossi post IBA Rob Krier : later theories Rob Krier : Empiricist Leon Krier post IBA Leon Krier on Speer Jones and Kirkland : Mississauga City Hall Leon Krier : Atlantis Cities of the future ? The future of the city

A comprehensive new work drawing together the historical, theoretical and empirical influences which have determined the form of the built environment in today's cities. A comparison of "rationalist" and "picturesque" tendencies is used in indicating future trends.