Urban Design in Western Europe: Regime and Architecture, 900-1900.

BRAUNFELS, Wolfgang.

ISBN 10: 0226071782 / ISBN 13: 9780226071787

Published by University of Chicago Press,, Chicago:, 1988

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Translated from the German by Kenneth J. Northcott. First printing thus. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 62536

Bibliographic Details

Title: Urban Design in Western Europe: Regime and ...

Publisher: University of Chicago Press,, Chicago:

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

What makes a city endure and prosper? In this masterful survey of a thousand years of urban architecture, Wolfgang Braunfels identified certain themes common to cities as different as Siena and London, Munich and Venice. Most important is an architecture that expresses the city's personality and most particularly its political personality. Braunfels describes and classifies scores of citiesā€”cathedral cities, city-state, maritime cities, imperial citiesā€”and examines the links between their political and architectural histories. Lavishly illustrated with city plans, bird's-eye views, early renderings, and modern photographs, this book will delight and instruct architects, urban planners, historians, and travelers.

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What makes a city endure and prosper? In this masterful survey of a thousand years of urban architecture, Wolfgang Braunfels identifies certain themes common to cities as different as Siena and London, Munich and Venice. These themes include suitability of site to city function; the capacity to adapt to changing demographic and economic conditions; and---perhaps most important---an architecture that expresses a city's personality and most particularly its political personality.