Book Cover
Book
Author Bacon, Edmund N.

Title Design of cities / Edmund N. Bacon
Edition Revised edition
Published New York : Penguin Books, 1976
©1974

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  711.409 Bac/Doc 1976  AVAILABLE
 WATERFT ART&ARCH  711.409 Bac/Doc 1976  AVAILABLE
 WATERFT ART&ARCH  711.409 Bac/Doc 1976  AVAILABLE
Description 336 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Series A Penguin book
A Studio book
Studio book.
Penguin book.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- Foreword Revised Edition -- Foreword -- The City As An Act Of Will -- Awareness Of Space As Experience -- The Nature Of Design -- Ways Of Perceiving One'S Self -- The Growth Of Greek Cities -- Design Order Of Ancient Rome -- Medieval Design -- Upsurge Of The Renaissance -- Design Structure Of Baroque Rome -- Dutch Interlude -- 18th And 19th Century European Design -- Development Of Paris -- Evolution Of Saint Petersburg -- John Nash And London -- Vitruvius Comes To The New World -- Le Corbusier And The New Vision -- The Great Effort Brasilia -- Peking -- Simultaneous Movement Systems -- Decision Making -- Putting The Ideas To Work Philadelphia -- Griffin And Canberra -- City For Humanity Stockholm -- Looking Into The Future -- Appendix -- Notes on Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 331-332
Subject City planning.
Harmony (Aesthetics)
Space (Architecture)
LC no. 75040419
ISBN 0140042369