The City Assembled: The Elements of Urban Form Through History

by Spiro Kostof

Book Overview

The City Assembled is a history of the elements of cities: streets, public places, urban divisions (religious, political, and social), and the frontiers of city and countryside. Kostof follows the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821219308
• ISBN13: 9780821219300
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Wow!

When I ordered this book I'd already knew that it's good, but it surprised me! It is different of the other books about urbanism history. Kostof have always a special point of view in his works. Here he shows the history of the city from a different angle, someway from the inside to outside. It don't analise the city from its form (from the outside), but from the elements that fills it. The street, the public space and other city elements tells about the city more than you think, because it is a mirror of the city and citizen culture. This book give to you a new point of view of the city. A must have to any architect and entusiast.