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Szymon Halastra

Urban Theory Syllabus

This post contains materials I want to learn. I divided it into two subcategories, books and courses. I know that it might be not the most comprehensive list, I have collected all pieces from different websites, mostly Reddit and Quora.

Books

  • Happy city by Charles Montgomery
  • Cities for people by Jan Gehl
  • Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice
  • The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch
  • The Art of Making Cities by Camillo Sitte
  • Design of Cities by Edmund Bacon
  • Geography of No Where by James Howard Kuntsler
  • Well Tempered City by Johnathon F.P. Rose
  • Walkable City by Jeff Speck
  • Architecture and The City by Aldo Rossi
  • Notes on the synthesis of form by Christopher Alexander
  • Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
  • Good city form by Kevin Lynch
  • Image of the city by Kevin Lynch
  • The death and life of great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
  • The production of space by Henri Lefebyre
  • Writings on cities by Henri Lefebyre
  • A City is Not a Tree by Christopher Alexander
  • Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
  • A New Theory of Urban Design by Christopher Alexander
  • Emerging Concepts of Urban Space Design by Broadbent

Courses


Here is my old post on Reddit, from the time I thought about becoming an Urban Designer. Even if my goal had switched, I still think it is valuable source of materials and knowledge.