Big House Little City: Architectural Design Through an Urban Lens

by Benedict Zucchi

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***

Combining architectural and urban thinking in an unusual and engaging way, this book presents an integrated approach to architectural theory and design. Leon Battista Alberti's assertion in his famous Renaissance treatise that 'the city is like a big house, and the house is in turn like a little city' forms the springboard for a series of reflections on architecture's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032259760
• ISBN13: 9781032259765
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages