
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
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. […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »In his book ‘A Pattern Language’ Christopher Alexander presents a practical language for the build environment. Each element of this language – patterns – describes […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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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