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The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History

paperback – May 4, 1993
by Kostof, Spiro
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ISBN-13: 9780821220160 ISBN-10: 0821220160
Publisher
Bulfinch
Binding
paperback
Published
May 4, 1993
Weight
3.3 lbs
Dimensions
25.40×2.50×22.90 cm

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The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History by Kostof, Spiro. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780821220160.

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. With hundreds of photographs and drawings that illustrate Professor Kostofs innovative ideas, this has become one of the most important works on urbanization.