Camillo Sitte : the birth of modern city planning / Camillo Sitte ; George R. Collins and Christiane Crasemann Collins.
Publisher: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2006Description: 440 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0012990784ISBN: 9780486451183 (pbk.) :Contained works: Sitte, Camillo, 1843-1903. English. Stadte-Bau nach seinen kunstlerischen GrundsatzenSubject(s): Sitte, Camillo, 1843-1903 -- Criticism and interpretation | City planning
| Architecture and Planning | Regional & area planning | Individual architects & architectural firms | Architecture: public buildingsDDC classification: 711.4092 LOC classification: NA9085.S5 | C65 2006Summary: This 1889 text by a noted Austrian architect and urban planner ignited a new age of city planning. Inspired by medieval and baroque designs, Sitte emphasized the creation of spacious plazas, enhanced by monuments and other aesthetic elements. Numerous illustrations, plus extensive commentary, notes, and bibliography.
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First published in 1889, this revolutionary text by a noted Austrian architect and urban planner ignited a new age of city planning. Inspired by medieval and baroque designs, Camillo Sitte emphasized the creation of spacious plazas, enhanced by monuments and other aesthetic elements.
Numerous illustrations highlight this classic, which features extensive commentary, notes, and a bibliography. The acclaimed translation and commentary by George R. Collins and Christiane Crasemann Collins includes Sitte's original drawings and plates in a format resembling the original publication. The authors place Sitte's work within the context of its historical and theoretical background, and they establish its relevance to such recent developments in urban theory as the townscape movement and contextualism.
Originally published: New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1986.
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"With a translation of the 1889 Austrian edition of his City planning according to artistic principles."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This 1889 text by a noted Austrian architect and urban planner ignited a new age of city planning. Inspired by medieval and baroque designs, Sitte emphasized the creation of spacious plazas, enhanced by monuments and other aesthetic elements. Numerous illustrations, plus extensive commentary, notes, and bibliography.
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