Book Description
Patterned on The American Vitruvius: An Architect's Handbook of Civic Art (1922), one of the most successful and well-known architecture books ever published, The New Civic Art, with 1,200 new illustrations and all new text for over 1,000 entries, exemplifies the very best urban planning and town design. This entirely new book thoroughly details the most important recent trends as well as time-honored precedents. It includes information drawn from over 200 international sources. Information has been selected to make this volume the essential encyclopedic reference and textbook for decades to come.
About the author
Andrés Duany is a founding principal of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Town Planners and Architects (DPZ). He was co-author, with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, of Rizzoli's Towns and Townmaking Principles (1991).
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, also a founding principal of DPZ, is dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture. She and Andrés Duany were co-founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
Robert Alminana is an architect and consulting town planner based in Northern California.
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, also a founding principal of DPZ, is dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture. She and Andrés Duany were co-founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
Robert Alminana is an architect and consulting town planner based in Northern California.
