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The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History | 
 enlarge | Author: Spiro Kostof
Publisher: Bulfinch
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 35708
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0821220160
Dewey Decimal Number: 307.76
EAN: 9780821220160
ASIN: 0821220160
Publication Date: May 4, 1993
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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 AIAs prestigious book award in Architecture and Urbanism. Includes hundreds of photos and drawings that illustrate Professor Kostof.
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 A well-written foray into urban formation October 10, 2006
Spiro Kostof's book is a fantastic and intelligent foray into urban form. What I found most appealing about the book was his approach in grappling with the WHY of things; in describing how certain urban forms have come to pass, he offers the requisite determined factors as any architect of the City ought to do and then manages the neat trick of gracefully acknowledging that these factors do not necessarily lead to a single outcome. But he is intrepid in his analysis and his approach. Beginners may find this book difficult because it does assume a basic understanding of cities and city planning; however, ambitious readers should give it a try. Mr. Kostof's cultural and historical references and his non-linear style are extremely appealing and intriguing, so much so that I will continue on to "The City Assembled", the companion piece, with great eagerness.
excelent August 20, 2005
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
este livro possui indicacoes excelentes para um pesquisador da forma urbana e da historia da cidade trilhar seus conhecimentos.
pesquisa seria e escrita magnifica.
boa escolha.
A classic May 4, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Well written, consistently interesting and structured around the challenges of topography and the urban form demands invoked by market needs, political architectures and cultural expectations through history, this beautifully illustrated book delivers the promise of its title and a lot more.
Because the author, Spiro Kostof, organized his book by patterns and topological relationships, the text compresses history and geographies into a comparative perspective. This presents a disadvantage to the reader if he/she is interested in only one time, one culture or even just one architectural movement.
On the other hand, the comparative perspective lends authority to Kostof's overarching theoretical approach of connecting urban forms to content and how those relationships persist across the spectrum of the human experience. A must for any architect's or planner's library.
a guidebook of magnificent ideas on city February 24, 2001
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Perhapes part of Kostof's category for urban patterns( as organic, grids, grand manner....) is arguable, but his wonderful ananlyses for each individual sample lead us into deeper understanding of urban patterns and social meanings behind. Many cities familiar to most of us (Siena, Paris, New Dehli....) appear refreshingly unfamiliar in his book.
A Bible for an Urban Designer December 15, 1999
15 out of 29 found this review helpful
Probably the most comprehensive guide to the thoughts, theories and practical aspects of designing a city. Buy it and weep for your boring grid plan cities....
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