To Scale: One Hundred Urban Plans

by Eric Jenkins

Overview

How big is Moscow‘s Red Square in comparison to Tiananmen Square? Why are there fewer public squares in Japan than in Italy? What lessons might be found in the plan of Savannah, Georgia‘s historic district? To Scale is a collection of plans of urban spaces drawn at the same scale to help answer these questions by providing a single and ac

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136746062
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/23/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	33 MB
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About the Author

Eric J. Jenkins is Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, where he teaches design, analytical sketching and research methodologies.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Amsterdam. Arras. Athens. Baltimore. Barcelona. Bath. Beijing. Bergen. Berlin. Bern. Bologna. Bordeaux. Boston. Brasília. Bruges. Buenos Aires. Cairo. Ceske Budejovice. Chandigar. Chicago. Cincinnati. Cleveland. Copenhagen. Cuzco. Denver. Detroit. Dresden. Dublin. Dubrovnik. Edinburgh. Florence. Genoa. Indianapolis. Isfahan. Istanbul. Jerusalem. Krakow. Lisbon. London. Los Angeles. Lucca. Madrid. Mexico City. Milan. Montreal. Moscow. Nancy. New Haven. New Orleans. New York. Oslo. Paris. Philadelphia. Portland. Prague. Rome. Saint Petersburg. Salamanca. Salzburg. San Francisco. Santiago. Savannah. Seattle. Seville. Siena. Stockholm. Tallinn. Telc. Tokyo. Tokyo. Torino. Trieste. Tunis. Vancouver. Venezia. Verona. Vienna. Vigevana. Washington

Editorial Reviews

"To Scaleis for those who take pleasure in contemplating space and the different ways humans construct it. Summing Up: recommended." — A.J. Wharton, Duke University, Choice

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