Bibliograph

Design of cities, [by] Edmund N. Bacon

Type

Label

Design of cities, [by] Edmund N. Bacon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplans

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Design of cities

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

514264

Responsibility statement

[by] Edmund N. Bacon

Series statement

A Studio book

Table Of Contents

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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