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本书介绍了在人类创造物中,城市是最持久和最卓越的。杰出的建筑历史学家斯皮罗·科斯托夫在书中试图探索城市建造的普遍现象,即城市如何及为什么成为目前的样子。科斯托夫教授重点讨论了有机模式、网格、图形式城市、壮丽风格以及城市天际线等一些主题——从中解释城市模式蕴藏的秩序。书中数百张照片、历史图片和特别制作的图解镶嵌出一个关于城市建造的全球画面:精心塑造而成盼中世纪锡耶纳、作为英国人统治中心而建立起来的新德
This book shows that in the creation of mankind, the city is the most enduring and the most remarkable. Outstanding architectural historian Spiro Kostov tried in his book to explore the general phenomenon of urban construction, how and why the city is the way it is. Professor Kostov focuses on topics such as organic patterns, grids, graphic cities, magnificent styles, and city skylines - to explain the order in which urban patterns are embedded. Hundreds of photographs, historical photographs and specially crafted illustrations mimic a global picture of urban construction: a carefully crafted medieval Siena, a neo-German established as the center of British rule