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Also Known As urban design • city planning • town planning

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Aerial view of Paris showing broad, radiating boulevards lined with historic buildings, demonstrating Baron Haussmann's city planning design.
Illustrated map of Londinium around AD 200, showing a walled Roman city on the north bank of the River Thames. Key features include the forum, basilica, amphitheatre, governor's palace, Temple of Mithras, city gates, bathhouses, and a bridge connecting Londinium to Southwark on the south bank. Residential areas, streets, cemeteries, and landmarks are labeled throughout the layout.
Jacob Riis: photograph of a New York City tenement
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Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Jaipur Column
Jeanne Gang on the future of architecture
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Ricardo Scofidio on the High Line in New York City
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American architect
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American architect
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
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Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Daniel H. Burnham.
Daniel Burnham
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Alvar Aalto.
Alvar Aalto
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Inigo Jones
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ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
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Herod
king of Judaea
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Sennacherib
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Otto, Frei
Frei Otto
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Tatiana Bilbao
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Ma Yansong
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Robert Moses
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Georges-Eugène, Baron Haussmann
Georges-Eugène, Baron Haussmann
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Austrian politician
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