2012 Puddly Awards
 
 
Follow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on TumblrSubscribe to RSS

Recently Viewed clear list

Interviews | February 14, 2012

Jill Owens: IMG Stephen Dau: The Powells.com Interview

0 comments By Jill Owens

Stephen DauStephen Dau's The Book of Jonas is a marvelous, lyrical debut that examines the effects of war on everyone involved. Dau weaves together the stories... Continue »
  1. $17.47 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    The Book of Jonas

    Stephen Dau 9780399158452
spacer
Free Shipping!

Ships free on qualified orders.
$29.00
Used Trade Paper
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Burnside Architecture- Cityscape

More copies of this ISBN

The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History

by Spiro Kostof

The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Spanning the ages and the globe, Spiro Kostof explores the city as a "repository of cultural meaning" and an embodiment of the community it shelters. Widely used by both architects and students of architecture, The City Shaped won the AIA's prestigious book award in Architecture and Urbanism. With hundreds of photographs and drawings that illustrate Professor Kostof's innovative ideas, this has become one of the most important works on urbanization.
back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780821220160
Author:
Kostof, Spiro
Publisher:
Bulfinch Press
Location:
Boston
Subject:
History - General
Subject:
Planning
Subject:
History
Subject:
Government and political science
Subject:
Sociology - Urban
Subject:
Cities and towns
Subject:
City Planning & Urban Development
Subject:
City planning
Subject:
City and state planning and urban development
Subject:
History : General
Subject:
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Subject:
Cities and towns -- History.
Subject:
Architecture-Urban Planning
Copyright:
1991
Edition Description:
First North American Paperback Ed.
Series Volume:
#859
Publication Date:
19930531
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
10.00x9.02x1.07 in. 3.34 lbs.
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $35.00 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community

    Peter Katz 9780070338890
  2. $8.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Eccentric spaces

    Robert Harbison 9780879237325
  3. $30.00 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Design of Cities: Revised Edition (Penguin Books)

    Edmund N Bacon 9780140042368
  4. $45.00 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

    Christopher Alexander and Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein 9780195019193
  5. $1.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    City life :urban expectations in a new world

    Witold Rybczynski 9780684813028
  6. $4.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh?

    Richard Muhlberger 9780670851980
back to top

Related Aisles

The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History Used Trade Paper
0 stars - 0 reviews
$29.00 In Stock
Product details 352 pages Bulfinch Press - English 9780821220160 Reviews:
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...


Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.