Giuseppe Zocchi: Choice XXV views of the main districts, squares, churches and palaces of the city of Florence

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

The Urban Genome: Circulation

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

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

• 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