{"product_id":"towns-and-buildings-9780262680110","title":"Towns and Buildings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTowns and Buildings\u003c\/strong\u003e by Rasmussen, Steen Eiler. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780262680110.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTodays bustling tourism has proved itself a double-edged sword: on the one hand it acquaints great numbers of people with cities and sights they might otherwise have missed; on the other it focuses on individual landmarks that the city as a whole is obscured and confused. Steen Eiler Rasmussen concentrates here on the town as a unity, as a whole composed of buildings and places.\nMost of the town plans are scaled to 1:20,000 for easy over-all comparison; several famous places are reduced to 1:2000 for closer comparison. The buildings are for the most part presented in three views: the first, en face: then the same view, minus the façade; and finally a top view, as if the upper stories had been removed. The result is a picture not of static façade and monument but of rooms and houses and towns where people live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45113723191349,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262680114","price":91.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262680110_12e5c11a-6369-41d8-adce-2949d2ac9e60.jpg?v=1776460851","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/towns-and-buildings-9780262680110","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}