TY - BOOK AU - Tobias, Richard AU - Kostof, Spiro TI - City shaped : Urban patterns and meanings through history (2012 ed.) SN - 9780821220160 U1 - 307.76 KOS (2012 ed.) PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Cities and towns - Growth KW - Cities and towns - History N2 - The book is about the universal phenomenon of city making seen in a historical perspective - how and why cities took the shape they did. It focuses on a number of themes - organic patterns, the grid, the city as a diagram, the grand manner, and the skyline - and moves through time and place to interpret the hidden order inscribed in urban patterns ER -