- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books; Revised edition (May 1976)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140042369
- ISBN-13: 978-0140042368
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 20.5 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 536,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The Quintessential book on Urban Design
5 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
This is my favorite book on urban design....how cities work, history of city design, and the key elements that make a city exciting, livable, and functional. A key insight of Mr. Bacon is the potential for the integration of various movement systems (train, car, pedestrian, etc.), and the vitality possible at the intersections and nodes of those systems.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Well designed book
8 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback
A very informative and well designed book. I am currently a grad. student in architecture and the ideas presented in this book are very intriguing. It takes a very practical approach to urban design. If this book were coupled with Jane Jacob's The Death and Life of Great American Cities, one could get two different but relevant viewpoints regarding this very important debate, especially in the wake of Modernism.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Book
8 Jun 2008
Format:Paperback
This book is an excellent introduction to the nature of urban design.
It illustrates, in a concise and simple way, most of the major interventions in urban design beginning with early settlements, and finishing with modern cities. E.G the route to the Acropolis, the extension of the garden of Versailles, the reorientation of Georgian London.
Every point is explained clearly using great plans, sections and photographs.
The book features many references to the conceptual sketches of artist Paul Klee, which Bacon uses as comparisons for urban concepts.
This book had a very positive effect on my understanding of architecture and urban design, and i would recommend it to anyone interested in the field.
Bear in mind that it is not a standard history book. It is more light-hearted but that is why i enjoyed it so much.
It illustrates, in a concise and simple way, most of the major interventions in urban design beginning with early settlements, and finishing with modern cities. E.G the route to the Acropolis, the extension of the garden of Versailles, the reorientation of Georgian London.
Every point is explained clearly using great plans, sections and photographs.
The book features many references to the conceptual sketches of artist Paul Klee, which Bacon uses as comparisons for urban concepts.
This book had a very positive effect on my understanding of architecture and urban design, and i would recommend it to anyone interested in the field.
Bear in mind that it is not a standard history book. It is more light-hearted but that is why i enjoyed it so much.
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