Architecture and the City: Selected Essays

Architecture and the City: Selected Essays  This book, comprised of essays and articles on architecture, urbanism, and the contemporary environment, argues for the re-connection of architecture and landscape as a function of the city. It begins with a study of the sequence of connected buildings and landscape in Florence that span from the Boboli Garden and the Pitti Palace, over the Arno River to the Uffizi, the Palazzo Vecchio, and the Piazza della Signoria. The study of this remarkable urban composition is followed by studies of three quintessential architectural elements of urbanism: the French Hôtel, its English cousin, the London Townhouse, and the Venetian facade. These are followed by seven studies about various aspects of urbanism and the city—studies that argue for the realignment of professional practice and education as functions of a more urban and sustainable future.  Book is new, has damage on dust cover, see pictures