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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Spiro Kostof (University of California at Berkeley)Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Imprint: Bulfinch Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.488kg ISBN: 9780821220160ISBN 10: 0821220160 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 04 May 1993 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSpiro Kostof (1936-1991) was a professor of Architectural History at the University of California at Berkley, and also taught at M.I.T., and at Yale, Columbia, and Rice universities. His many books include The Architect: Chapters in The History of the Profession (1977) and A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals (1985), now a standard text. He edited America by Design (1987), the companion to a five-part television series that he presented. Kostof also published The City Shaped with Bulfinch Press in 1991. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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