During the nineteenth century, Cairo witnessed one of its most dramatic periods of transformation. Well on its way to becoming a modern and cosmopolitan city, by the end of the century, a 'medieval' Cairo had somehow come into being. While many Europeans in the nineteenth centur…
The book is about the universal phenomenon of citymaking seen in a historical perspective - how and why cities took the shape they did. It focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as a diagram, the grand manner, and the skyline - and moves through tim…
Gebouwen staan niet op zichzelf maar maken deel uit van een natuurlijke of gebouwde omgeving. Deze laatste is vaak in de loop van vele eeuwen ontstaan. Deze publicatie beschrijft hoe bepaalde vaste elementen telkens terugkeren in de gebouwde omgeving, en mede het beeld bepalen. …
by Bürklin, Thorsten, Peterek, Michael
fromBasics (Basel, Switzerland)
"Our cities and neighbourhoods are composed of various components. In city planning it is essential to understand their form and structure, their functional conditions, and the ways they are networked into their surroundings. Basics Urban Building Blocks will equip readers with …
As a basis for city planning and architectural design work, a solid understanding of the existing and surrounding urban structures is indispensable. This volume not only explains the possible approaches, but also describes how to implement those approaches in the areas analyzed …
An architectural historian and practising urban designer aims to raise understanding of traditional buildings in the Arab-Islamic world, and reveals the problems faced by historic cities in the light of Western influence.
This social and aesthetic history of the world's major cities from antiquity to the present focuses on crucial periods of the cities' past and examines their architecture in light of the men and women who used it.
"Urban Forms: The Death and Life of the Urban Block is concerned with the fundamental grammar of our cities which is the key to successful urban environments." "This work, translated here into English for the first time, argues that modern urbanism has upset the morphology of c…
