9780821219300 - the city assembled: the elements of urban form through history von kostof, spiro; castillo, greg (10 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Tobias, Richard (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Tobias, Richard (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Tobias, Richard (illustrator).

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Tobias, Richard (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked copy in near fine condition with sharp corners, firm hinges and DJ in NF condition. BP/Urban Affairs. Tobias, Richard (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. The format is approximately 9.25 inches by 10.25 inches. 320 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. Bibliography. Index. The dust jacket has an illustrated front. Heavy book requiring additional postage. Include Introduction; The City Edge; Urban Divisions; Public Places; The Street, and Urban Process. Spiro Konstantine Kostof (7 May 1936, Istanbul 7 December 1991, Berkeley) was a Turkish-born American leading architectural historian, and educator. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His architectural history books continue to be widely read. Kostof's approach to architectural history emphasized urbanism as well as architecture and showed how architectural works are embedded in their physical and social contexts. Kostof's approach was a break with previous directions in architectural history which emphasized the sequence of styles and to study architectural works in isolation from their settings. Kostof's A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals (1985) embodied these ideas and became a standard text. Kostof's works included The Architect: Chapters in the History of the Profession; The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History; America by Design; and The City Assembled: Elements of Urban Form through History. As a memorial, the Society of Architectural Historians established, the "Spiro Kostof Award", to recognize books "in the spirit of Kostof's writings," particularly interdisciplinary works and whose content focuses on urban development, the history of urban form, and/or the architecture of the built environment. Derived from a Kirkus review: Spiro Kostof's previous book, The City Shaped, examined ways in which cities develop through history, treating them as complete entities and analyzing the various categories into which they fall. Now, in what is both a companion volume and an independent study, he traces the component elements that make up different types of cities: streets, public places, urban divisions (religious, political, and social), and the fringe area where city and countryside meet. In every instance, Professor Kostof follows a story that ranges widely in time and place up to the present to indicate that the discussion remains fresh and engages our own time in unexpected ways. In the past, all the elements of a city evolved in response to a variety of pressures. Today they are usually the result of planning decisions. In a final chapter, Kostof considers "urban process" - the effect on cities of natural disasters, war, and comprehensive redevelopment, compared with incremental growth and change. His book is thus an exercise in architectural and social history, a case study for the present, and a pointer for the future. Urban form is never innocent of social content: it is merely the matrix within which we organize daily life, and we have strong opinions about it. Modernism was a harsh intrusion in the development of almost every theme. The current recovery from the less tolerant aspects of that doctrine has made us look again at what it is that we treasure in the traditional city, and how we can recharge the old urban forms with present-day common sense. The story is also told in over three hundred drawings, prints, paintings, and photographs that trace not only patterns but uses, from the colonnaded street of ancient Palmyra to the recent demonstrations in Prague's Wenceslas Square. First North American Edition (Stated). Presumed first printing. Richard Tobias (illustrator).…