When the term “Canal City” is mentioned the first city that comes to mind is Venice, Italy.  Canal cities exist though…

During the 13th century, hundreds of years before the industrial revolution, and the successive construction of today’s skyscrapers, stone towers…

I’ve always been intrigued by the possible visual growth rings apparent in various cities. In certain historic cities these can…

This paper will demonstrate a number of drawing styles that fall outside the normal concept of illustrations typically used in…

A number of years ago I discovered a book on medieval new towns titled, “Florentine New Towns: Urban Design in…

“What … is type? It can most simply be defined as a concept which describes a group of objects characterized…

In this entry I plan to deviate from my normal writings on urban settings and will be covering my small…

The following is a paper presented at a conference titled, “Urban Design and the Legacy of Colin Rowe,” and appears…

In the latter part of the 1700’s engravings of important cities became fashionable.  Probably the most well-known engraver of this…

Circulation  Highways, streets, roads, boulevards, avenues, alleys, the names and function may vary but their primary concern is to allow…

• Fields  In 1979 Steven K. Peterson published the seminal article titled “URBAN DESIGN TACTICS.”  In this article Peterson describes…

• City Gates or Points of Entrance  City gates, in one form or another, can be found across the world…

In the previous posting, The Urban Genome: The Rural Zone, I began a new series discussing what I call The Urban…

“Urban design is a synthetic, inventive mapping of physical conditions which establishes whole areas of the city.  In other words,…