This gallery of images is meant for people researching, teaching, and studying urban design. The images come from the archive I have assembled over many decades. All of these images are down-loadable, and I encourage you to borrow freely.
The image gallery is a work-in-progress, due to the size of my archive. Now available are a selection of historical images; in a few months, I'll post more contemporary material.
To use this site, please click a section heading [in green type.] On the screen a slide show of images will begin. You are not the prisoner of this slide show. To take control over what you see, first press the full-screen icon at the bottom right-hand corner. Then you can do any of the following:
- To linger over a single image, press "options," a tag in the top-right corner of the screen, and choose "stop."
- For verbal information on any of the images, please click "show info," a tag which appears in the top-right corner of the screen.
- If you want to down-load an image, please return to this page and click here; this link takes you to the "Flickr" site where all the public-access images are hosted. The title of your chosen image on that site is the same as its title on this site.
Contents of the Gallery
- Principles of Urban Design
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In this section you will find: the basic forms of cities, images which show different strategies for moving people through urban space, and images of the urban forms which enable people to watch others.
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Basic Morphology
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Streets
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Interior Streets/Arcades
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Jacob’s Rule
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Stairs
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Squares
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Walls
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Parks
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Design for Movement through Streets (wings, in/deference, y trap, narrows, etc.)
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Spectator Space
Body & City
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In this section you will find: a diverse set of images which relate the human body to the architecture of the city. Further images can be found in my book Flesh and Stone [currently in print in English, French, German, Spanish, Portugese and Italian].
Historical Images-
In this section you will find: maps of the changing evolution of individual cities, and slide-shows of architecture in individual cities