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The City Shaped

9780821220160

The City Shaped

  • ISBN 13:

    9780821220160

  • ISBN 10:

    0821220160

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 05/04/1993
  • Publisher: HACHETTE

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Summary

Spanning the ages and the globe, Spiro Kostof explores the city as a "repository of cultural meaning" and an embodiment of the community it shelters. Widely used by both architects and students of architecture, The City Shaped won the AIA's prestigious book award in Architecture and Urbanism. With hundreds of photographs and drawings that illustrate Professor Kostof's innovative ideas, this has become one of the most important works on urbanization.

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