Temples and Towns: The Form, Elements, and Principles of Planned Towns

by Michael Dennis

This book traces the historic evolution of urban form, principles, and design; it serves as a compendium, or reference, of city design; and is a polemic about the necessity for the recovery of the city and a contemporary urban architecture.

It begins with the planned cities of Greece and the Roman Empire from about 500 BC, through the late-medieval Bastides, the Ideal Renaissance cities, and Baroque new towns, to the urban planning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1957183020
• ISBN13: 9781957183022
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oro Editions
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 5.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.5" x 10.4"