Urbanism As Civic Art : A Handbook of 150 Exemplary German Precedents

Urbanism as Civic Art provides fundamental knowledge for urban design. Urban spaces, courtyards, squares and streetscapes are presented, analysed and compared to scale using 5 examples from over 7 German cities. The work impressively documents the qualities of the European city described in the Leipzig Charter: beauty and durability, mixed use, social diversity, density and the division into public and private spaces.

Editor Christoph Mäckler builds on the textbooks by Cornelius Gurlitt, Raymond Unwin and Josef Stübben from the early 2nd century. Century and provides a well-founded guide to the city as a building. With an introduction by Stefanos Polyzoides With contributions by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Christoph Mäckler, Werner Oechslin, Alexander Pellnitz, Jan Pieper, Birgit Roth, Mirjam Schmidt, Wolfgang Sonne, Jürg Sulzer and Anne Pfeil as well as Thomas Will The fundamental work of urban design now in English Well-founded analysis of 5 examples from 7 cities Collaboration with the University of Notre Dame