COMPARISONS OF STREET SPACES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 4
3. CITY SPACES
4. INTRODUCTION 6
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8
6. THE CITY AS AN ARCHITECTURAL STUCTURE— A GUIDE TO ITS DESIGN 12
7. EMBELLISHMENT— THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY 20
8. EXAMPLES OF CITY SPACES AS GUIDES FOR DESIGN 26
9. THE CITY AS AN ENSEMBLE 36
10. EXAMPLES OF URBAN STRUCTURES AS GUIDES FOR DESIGN 41
11. THE URBAN QUARTER AS A TECTONIC ENSEMBLE 60
12. THE MIXED-USE DISTRICT 72
13. COMPARISONS OF URBAN SPACES 80
14. COURTYARD SPACES
15. THE URBAN BLOCK 134
16. THE CITY—FORMS AND CONSTANTS 146
17. EXAMPLES OF COURTYARD SPACES AS GUIDES TO DESIGN 152
18. COMPARISONS OF COURTYARD SPACES 154
19. PLAZA SPACES
20. THE PLAZA—A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF EUROPEAN CITIES 242
21. EXAMPLES OF PLAZA SPACES AS GUIDES TO DESIGN 254
22. COMPARISONS OF PLAZA SPACES 262
23. URBAN ARCADES 380
24. EXAMPLES OF ARCADE SPACES AS GUIDES TO DESIGN 386
25. STREET SPACES
26. THE URBAN STREET 394
27. EXAMPLES OF STREET SPACES AS GUIDES TO DESIGN 400
28. COMPARISONS OF STREET SPACES 412
29. APPENDIX
30. AUTHORS 500
31. INDEX 502
32. PICTURE CREDITS 506
33. DRAWING REFERENCES 508
34. IMPRINT 512