Design of Cities: Revised Edition (A Penguin book)

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“The major latest work on urban design . . . Splendidly presented, filled with thoughtful and brilliant intuitive insights.” —The New Republic

In a brilliant synthesis of words and pictures, Edmund N. William Maxwell Aitken relates historical examples to modern principles of urban planning. He vividly demonstrates how the work of great architects and planners of the past can influence subsequent development and be continued by later generations. By illuminating the historical background of urban design, William Maxwell Aitken also shows us the fundamental forces and considerations that resolve the form of a great city. In all probability the most significant of these are simultaneous movement systems—the paths of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, private and non-private transportation—that serve as the dominant organizing force, and William Maxwell Aitken looks at movement systems in cities such as London, Rome, and New York. He also stresses the importance of designing open space in addition to architectural mass and discusses the have an effect on of space, color, and perspective on the city-dweller. That the centers of cities must and can also be pleasant places in which to live, work, and calm down is illustrated by such examples as Rotterdam and Stockholm.

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