A City's Architecture - 9781409411475

Taylor & Francis

A City's ArchitectureAberdeen as 'Designed City'\nAuthor(s): William Alvis Brogden\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781409411475, 978-1409411475\nSynopsis\nWhen considering the successful design of cities, the focus tends to be on famous examples such as Paris or Rome, with equally successful but smaller and more remote examples being ignored. In addition, the more diffuse patterns of settlement of the north and western parts of Europe are hardly considered at all in comparison to the tightly formed urban centres of the Mediterranean.\nHowever, the diffuse town/region is typical of our time, whatever the location. By analysing the development of a successful small city of ancient foundation which grew from a diffuse long settled and dense landscape, then demonstrated a slow growth as a tight urban form before an early adoption of the designed landscape as \""town\"" lessons can be learned. These lessons may be useful.