Gordon Cullen
Gordon Cullen is best known for his book (The concise) Townscape, where he approaches the city as a serial vision with a sequence of revelations. […]
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Theories about urban squares
Alan Penn
Lunch Hour Lectures at the University College London (UCL) are an opportunity for anyone to sample the exceptional research work currently being undertaken at the […]
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Christopher Alexander
In his book ‘A Pattern Language’ Christopher Alexander presents a practical language for the build environment. Each element of this language – patterns – describes […]
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Vitruvius
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio was a Roman architect and engineer at the time of emperor Augustus. In his book ‘De Architectura‘ he distinguished three basic principles […]
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Maurits Voorhorst
In August 2011 Maurits Voorhorst published his Dutch book ‘Logische Ruimte, eenduidige en authentieke stedebouw’ (‘Logical Space, unambiguous and authentic urban design’) about how to make […]
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Camillo Sitte
In the late nineteenth century Camillo Sitte critiziced the pragmatic planning. In 1889 Sitte published ‘Der Städtebau nach seinen künstlerischen Grundsätzen’ (‘City Planning According to […]
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