Provides a clear analysis of the nature of today's design problems, identifying their causes in history and suggesting a basis for co-ordinated solutions. The author discusses "picturesque" and "formal" tendencies in modern architecture, relating them to parallels between philosophic thought and design theory through the ages.
Reviews
"Geoffrey Broadbent ranks with Charles Jencks as the formost classifier of contemporary architectural isms collected from around the globe...a chronological encyclopedia of urban design." -"Building
