Design of cities / txt
[by] Edmund N. Bacon.
- First published in 1967 Revised edition published 1974 Published in Penguin Books 1976
- 296 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm. book
- A Studio book .
Bibliography: p. 331-332.
City as an act of will -- Awareness of space as experience -- Nature of design -- Growth of Greek cities -- Design order of ancient Rome -- Medieval design -- Upsurge of the renaissance -- Design structure of baroque Rome -- Dutch interlude -- 18th and 19th century European design -- Development of Paris -- Evolution of Saint Petersburg -- John Nash and London -- Vitruvius comes to the new world -- Le Corbusier and the new vision -- Great effort -- Brasilia -- Color and spatial progression -- Simultaneous movement systems -- Putting the ideas to work -- Philadelphia -- City for humanity -- Stockholm -- Looking into the future.
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City planning Space Architecture Space perception. Harmony.--(Aesthetics)