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Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst

Studienausgabe
  • Edited by: Christoph Mäckler and Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst
  • In collaboration with: Birgit Roth
Language: German
Published/Copyright: 2025
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Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. The four-volume work impressively documents the qualities of European cities as described in the Leipzig Charter: beauty and durability, mixed usage, social diversity, density and the separation of public and private spaces. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

Featuring contributions by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Christoph Mäckler, Werner Oechslin, Alexander Pellnitz, Jan Pieper, Birgit Roth, Mirjam Schmidt, Wolfgang Sonne, Jürg Sulzer and Anne Pfeil, and Thomas Will

Author / Editor information

Christoph Mäckler is an architect based in Frankfurt am Main, professor emeritus of urban design at TU Dortmund, and director of the Deutsches Institut fur Stadtbaukunst, which he founded in 2008. From 1990 until 1997 he held visiting professorships in Naples, Braunschweig, and Hanover, and was a member of the Internationale Bauakademie Berlin.

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Volume 1 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst offers examples of nine types of urban structures as a guide to designing them. It depicts urban spaces in Berlin, Braunschweig, Bremen, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Halle (Saale), Hamburg, Hannover, Kassel, Cologne, Leipzig, Ludwigshafen, Mainz, Munich, Oldenburg, Potsdam, Stuttgart, and Weimar for comparison. Featuring essays by Christoph Mäckler, Werner Oechslin, Birgit Roth, Jürg Sulzer and Anne Pfeil, and Thomas Will.

Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed 2025

Volume 4 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst offers examples of different types of streets and their characteristics as a guide to designing them: avenues, target buildings, bends, and arcades, as well as their breadth and overall visual impact. It depicts street spaces in Augsburg, Bad Arolsen, Bad Tölz, Berlin, Bremen, Chemnitz, Dinkelsbühl, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Halle (Saale), Hamburg, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Cologne, Landshut, Leipzig, Lindau, Munich, Münster, Potsdam, Regensburg, Speyer, Stralsund, Wiesbaden, and Wismar for comparison. Featuring an essay by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani.

Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

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Volume 3 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst provides examples of squares as a guide to designing them. It depicts squares in Aachen, Alsfeld, Ansbach, Berlin, Braunschweig, Bremen, Celle, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Freudenstadt, Görlitz, Hamburg, Hannover, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kempten, Leipzig, Lindau, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Ludwigsburg, Mannheim, Munich, Putbus, Regensburg, Rosenheim, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Stralsund, Trier, Tübingen, Wangen, Warendorf, Weimar, Wismar, and Wuppertal for comparison. Featuring essays by Jan Pieper and Mirjam Schmidt.

Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

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Volume 2 of the four-volume work Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst offers examples of five types of courtyards as a guide to designing them: residential courtyards, commercial spaces, schoolyards, entrance courtyards, and hybrid courtyards. It depicts courtyards in Augsburg, Berlin, Bochum, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Kiel, Cologne, Leipzig, Lübeck, Munich, Nuremberg, Passau, Potsdam, Regensburg, Stuttgart, Weimar, and Wiesbaden for comparison. Featuring essays by Alexander Pellnitz and Wolfgang Sonne.

Now available in a student edition, the Handbuch der Stadtbaukunst is a compendium of essential urban design expertise. Using 150 examples from over 70 German cities, it illustrates, analyzes, and compares a wide range of urban spaces, courtyards, squares, and streets. Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks of the early twentieth century by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin, and Josef Stübben and offers a well-grounded framework for city planning.

The student edition is available as a set consisting of volumes 1–4. The individual volumes can also be purchased separately.

Publishing information
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Set published on:
November 6, 2023
Set ISBN:
9783986120542
eBook published on:
April 21, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783986122614
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Main content:
540
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