The Urban Genome: Fields

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

The Urban Genome: City Gates or Points of Entrance

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

In 2009 my book, The Genealogy of Cities, was published. The book displayed around 600 city plans in figure ground … More

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

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

Cities are fascinating places to study. What we see at face value is actually built typically over time. A number … More