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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Hegemann and Peets' classic work on city planning was first pubished in 1922. Today, their reference serves as one of the foundation texts for New Urbanism and associated movements. Civic Art presents over 1200 examples of urban planning principles spanning from classic Roman and Greek times through turn of the twentieth century American design. Hegemann and Peets' work provides a highly relevant context through which to evaluate modern city planning.

Hegemanns faszinierende Geschichte der groten Mietskasernenstadt der Welt ist ein klassisches Werk der Stadtebau-Literatur. Am Werden und Wesen des Berliner Stadtkorpers wird exemplarisch, was im 20. Jahrhundert Stadtebau bedeutete und bedeuten mute: das Zerbrechen selbstgebauter Sarge, ein Neugestalten zu farbigem Leben. "Der Aufklarer denkt in Gegensatzen. Ihm Dialektik zuzumuten, ist vielleicht unbillig. Ist es aber unbillig, dem Historiker jenen Blick in das Antlitz der Dinge zuzumuten, der Schonheit noch in der tiefsten Entstellung sieht? Verneinende Geschichtserkenntnis ist ein...

Hegemann and Peets' classic work on urban planning is an encyclopedic compilation of over twelve hundred illustrations, photographs, and diagrams. Their work was first published in 1922 and presented for the first time a comprehensive survey of what we would consider modern urban planning or urban design principles. Their work, often referred to simply as 'Civic Art, ' remained out of print for a number of years. This compact edition, part of the 'Fundamentals in Urban Planning' series, presents the full text and graphics of the original edition in an affordable and portable version....