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The art of classic planning : building beautiful and enduring communities /

Nearly everything we treasure in the world's most beautiful cities was built over a century ago. Cities draw visitors because of their exquisite architecture, walkable neighborhoods, and human scale. Yet a great deal of the knowledge and practice behind successful city planning has been abandon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Buras, Nir Haim, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	City planning. Civic improvement. Architecture, Modern > 20th century. Architecture, Modern. 1900-1999 Urban design.

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