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1	New Urban Spaces by Jacobo Krauel add to wishlist This collection of outstanding projects for public spaces is an excellent overview of current trends in urban planning. From the Stone Garden fountain where children are encouraged to play to the intriguing landscape created by the "flying floors" of an airport ticketing pavilion, each project can be thoroughly explored with full-colour ... see all copies from $19.70! new only from $19.70!
2	Washington Square more books like this by Andre Kertesz add to wishlist see all copies from $7.99! first editions
3	To Scale: One Hundred Urban Plans more books like this by Eric J Jenkins add to wishlist "To Scale "is a powerful reference for students, architects, urban designers and planners. It features one hundred famous urban plans all drawn to the same scale. In past, publication plans have been drawn to different scales preventing designers from accurately comparing different plans. "To Scale" saves designers, planners and architects the ... see all copies from $43.94! new only from $43.94! \| SVS
4	The Courthouse Square in Texas more books like this by Robert E Veselka, Kenneth E Foote (Editor) add to wishlist With its dignified courthouse set among shade trees and lawns dotted with monuments to prominent citizens and fallen veterans, the courthouse square remains the civic center in a majority of the county seats of Texas. Yet the squares themselves vary in form and layout, reflecting the different town-planning traditions that settlers brought from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.50! \| first editions
5	Urban Design: Street and Square more books like this by Cliff Moughtin add to wishlist This book, part of a series of four, offers a detailed analysis of urban design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the public face of towns and cities. It outlines the theory of the principal features of urban design from which method is developed and provides a better understanding of the main elements of urban design. This ... see all copies from $53.95! new only from $53.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	People Places: Design Guidlines for Urban Open Space more books like this by Clare Cooper Marcus (Editor), Carolyn Francis (Editor), Carolyn Grancis add to wishlist people places Second Edition Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space edited by Clare Cooper Marcus and Carolyn Francis A resurgence in the use of public space continues throughout North America and many other parts of the world. Neighborhoods have become more outspoken in their demands for appropriate park designs; corporations have witnessed the ... see all copies from $55.95! new only from $67.00! \| SVS
7	Pedestrian Malls, Streetscapes, and Urban Spaces more books like this by Harvey Rubenstein add to wishlist This volume studies the rise and fall of urban American pedestrian malls designed in the 1960s and 1970s in order to offset urban blight and loss of commerce to the suburbs. It explores why some malls failed, others thrived and many were subsequently redesigned. see all copies from $78.13! new only from $128.10! \| SVS
8	L'Enfant's Legacy: Public Open Spaces in Washington, D.C. more books like this by Michael J Bednar add to wishlist Many American democratic ideals are embodied in the public spaces of its cities, especially in Washington, D.C. In "L'Enfant's Legacy" architect and scholar Michael Bednar explores the public spaces of the nation's capital, examining the context of the surrounding architecture and the roles of the spaces in the changing functional life of the city ... see all copies from $35.15! new only from $39.83!
9	Savannah Squares: A Keepsake Tour of Gardens, Architecture, and Monuments more books like this by Robert J Hill add to wishlist Discover the gardens, architecture, and unique squares of Savannah, Georgia. This charming collection of over 150 beautiful photographs traces the city's rich history entertaining text. Come explore these interesting squares, each a geographic landmark in this beloved Southern city. see all copies from $6.60! new only from $6.60!
10	Town and Square: From the Agora to the Village Green more books like this by Paul Zucker add to wishlist This book is the first publication in English which gives a general survey of the development of the inner structure of the town from a dual point of view: that of the function of the square in the life of the community and that of its conception in purely aesthetic terms. see all copies from $12.90!
11	Dominion of the Eye: Urbanism, Art, and Power in Early Modern Florence more books like this by Mr. Marvin Trachtenberg add to wishlist Dominion of the Eye: Urbanism, Art and Power in Early Modern Florence radically revises our ideas about the origins of rationally planned public space in the European city. Through a spatial and historical analysis of the major squares of Florence, all built in the Trecento, together with primary civic monuments, Marvin Trachtenberg shows that, ... see all copies from $42.63! new only from $42.63!
12	Museumplein: Work in Progress more books like this by Siebe Swart, Ludger Smit, Theodor Holman add to wishlist Following much discussion and planning as well as wave upon wave of digging, building, planting and paving, Museumplein, a central square in Amsterdam next to the Stedelijk Museum, Van Gogh Museum, and the Rijksmuseum, reopened in August, 1999. Amsterdam photographer Siebe Swart recorded the various phases of these major changes to the square. ... see all copies from $7.98! new only from $13.46! \| SVS
13	Washington Square poems. more books like this by George H McCullough add to wishlist see all copies from $2.29! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	How to Build a Village more books like this by Claude Lewenz add to wishlist SUBURBS WERE INVENTED TO SELL CARS. Toward the end of World War II, American business and government leaders saw a second Great Depression looming if government spending ended and millions of soldiers returned home. They decided to turn the war-winning industries of oil, jeeps and tanks into the post-war civilian industries of oil, cars and ... see all copies from $57.02! new only from $64.78! \| SVS
15	Haymarket more books like this by Wendy Snyder add to wishlist The sights and sounds of Boston's Haymarket have been captured live by Wendy Snyder. see all copies from $9.90! first editions
16 view cover	The Politics of the Piazza: The History and Meaning of the Italian Square more books like this by Eamonn Canniffe add to wishlist Through a detailed study of the principal spaces of Italian cities, this book explores the relationship between political systems and their methods of representation in architecture. Illustrated by contemporary photographs, analytical drawings and historic images, it examines approximately 70 significant piazzas and situates these in their social ... see all copies from $75.83! new only from $75.83!
17	Dallasights : an anthology of architecture and open spaces more books like this by American Institute of Architects. Dallas Chapter, Alan R. Sumner add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! first editions
18 view cover	Natural Light and the Italian Piazza: Siena, as a Case Study more books like this by Sandra Davis Lakeman add to wishlist see all copies from $13.74! signed copies
19	Urban Space: A Brief History of the City Square more books like this by Jere S. French add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00!
20 view cover	Dominion of the Eye more books like this by Marvin Trachtenberg add to wishlist Dominion of the Eye: Urbanism, Art and Power in Early Modern Florence radically revises our ideas about the origins of rationally planned public space in the European city. Through a spatial and historical analysis of the major squares of Florence, all built in the Trecento, together with primary civic monuments, Marvin Trachtenberg shows that, ... see all copies from $172.84! new only from $190.11! \| first editions
21	Info Box: The Catalogue more books like this by Nishen add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00!
22 view cover	Urban Squares: Recent European Promenades, Squares, and City Centres more books like this by European Landscape Magazine (Editor), Topos (Editor) add to wishlist Urban spaces can only be considered a success if they are being used. This volume is an overview of thriving squares and urban spaces in European architecture which have been presented in "Topos" magazine since 1993. It includes examples from Barcelona, Lyon, Reykjavik, Verona, Dublin and Vienna. see all copies from $75.00!
23	A History of Missouri's Counties, County Seats and Courthouse Squares more books like this by Marian M. Ohman add to wishlist see all copies from $60.00! first editions
24	Der Neue Potsdamer Platz: Ein Kunststuck Stadt more books like this by Andreas Muhs add to wishlist see all copies from $40.55!
25 view cover	San Antonio's Historic Plazas, Parks and River Walk: In Vintage Postcard Images more books like this by Lewis F Fisher, Char Miller (Foreword by) add to wishlist From plazas placed in Spanish times to the River Walk, one of the world's renowned linear parks, San Antonio enjoys a broad variety of historic public spaces. Here they are uniquely portrayed in more than 165 vintage postcard images. Most date from the first half of the twentieth century, when the plazas, parks and River Walk were in transition to ... see all copies from $46.58! new only from $52.46!

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