The Public Markets Of London Before And After The Great Fire Of 1666, Susan Henderson

School of Architecture - All Scholarship

Transition periods such as England experienced during the seventeenth century are particularly efficacious for the study of the development of design concepts as the controversy which is generated during times of great socioeconomic change heightens the contrast between the old and new, and more clearly reveals the relationship between the physical and the social and economic environments. The purpose of the study is to examine the rebuilt city in terms of the changing forces which shaped it. The scope is a detailed examination of one particular aspect of the post-fire reconstruction period -- the public market system.

The study begins …

Portland Historic Resources Inventory, 1976, Maine Historic Preservation Commission

Maine Collection

Portland Historic Resources Inventory, 1976

Compiled and written by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. and John E. Pancoast; in cooperation with the Portland Planning Department and Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc.

Augusta : Maine Historic Preservation Commission, 1976.

The Conceptual Determinants Of Two Archetypal City Forms, Nicholas Patricios

Nicholas Patricios

The two urban spatial forms analyzed from a cosmological point of view are the circular and the orthogonal. The circular symbolism of the Near Eastern cities is considered first followed by the Plato's theoretical city of Atlantis and then the ideal cities of the Renaissance architects. Circular cities of the 19th century, those of the Utopian Socialists, had in contrast an ideological basis. In addition to the practical basis for the orthogonal layout conceptual influences are evident in the grid cities of the ancient Greeks, in the Spanish Laws of the Indies, and those cities designed later to express the …

Historicism And Morphology Of City Form, Kermit J. Lee Jr

School of Architecture - All Scholarship

Kermit Lee presents ideas about Urban design, relating the historic practice to contemporary times.

Broad Street Old And Historic District, Richmond, Virginia : Guidelines And Standards

Richmond Illustrated Imprints

From the preface: "This book is intended as a guide for the owners and developers of projects in the Broad Street Historic District. Its publication is the result of combined efforts of Historic Richmond Foundation, Richmond Renaissance, the Commission of Architectural Review, the Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks, and the Urban Design/Historic Preservation Section of the City of Richmond's Department of Planning and Community Development." This text contains photographs and drawings of buildings on Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia.

Published by Historic Richmond in 1986, the Broad Street Old and Historic District, Richmond, Virginia publication was intended as a …

Art Work Of Richmond

Richmond Illustrated Imprints

Publication detailing the history of Richmond, Virginia, accompanied by black and white photographs of city locations. Published in nine parts.