First published in 1889, this revolutionary text by a noted Austrian
architect and urban planner ignited a new age of city planning. Inspired
by medieval and baroque designs, Camillo Sitte emphasized the creation
of spacious plazas, enhanced by monuments and other aesthetic
elements.
Numerous illustrations highlight this classic, which features extensive
commentary, notes, and a bibliography. The acclaimed translation and
commentary by George R. Collins and Christiane Crasemann Collins
includes Sitte's original drawings and plates in a format resembling the
original publication. The authors place Sitte's work within the context
of its historical and theoretical background, and they establish its
relevance to such recent developments in urban theory as the townscape
movement and contextualism.