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The City Shaped

Spiro Kostof • Thames & Hudson • ISBN 9780500280997

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The City Shaped

Spiro Kostof • Thames & Hudson • ISBN-13 9780500280997

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ISBN 9780500280997 • Completeness 48

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Published to overwhelming critical acclaim, this classic study of cities explains how and why cities among the most enduring and remarkable of all human artefacts took the shape they did. Professor Kostof focuses on a number of themes organic patterns, the grid, the city as diagram, the grand manner, and the skyline and interprets the hidden order of urban patterns.

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Publisher: Thames & HudsonPages: 352

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Contributor: Spiro Kostof

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Category: Architecture HistoryCategory: City PlanningCategory: Civic ArchitectureCategory: Urban DesignCategory: Urban HistoryCategory: Urban MorphologyCategory: Architectural HistoryCategory: Urban Development

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