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CALENDARS

Architecture Calendars
Architecture Calendars




BOOKS ABOUT CITIES & URBAN PLANNING

The City in History
The City
in History:
Its Origins, Transformations, & Prospects


Sticks & Stones
Sticks & Stones


The City Shaped
The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History


Cities of Tomorrow
Cities of
Tomorrow


Preserving the World's Great Cities
Preserving the World's Great Cities


Understanding Architecture
Understanding Architecture


City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction




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Cities of the World Educational Posters & Prints “Ban...-Bat...-”
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Brigade Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Photographic Print
Brigade Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India,
Photographic Print

(12º58'0"N 77º34'0"E)

Bangalore, in south central India, is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.

Bangalore is nicknamed the “Garden City” and is noted as the Silicon Valley of India because of its position as the nation's leading IT exporter.

Cities of India


Bangkok, Thailand at Dusk, Photographic Print
Bangkok, Thailand at Dusk,
Photographic Print

(13º45'8"N 100º29'38"E)

Bangkok is the capital, largest urban area and primary city of the southeast Asian country of Thailand. The city lies on the Chao Phraya River near the Bay of Bangkok.

The city is nicknamed the “Venice of the East” due to the number of canals.

Peoples of Southeastern Asia Poster Map


The Main Road from Cameroun to the Capital Bangui, Central African Republic, Africa, Photographic Print
The Main Road from Cameroon
to the Capital Bangui,
Central African Republic, Africa,
Photographic Print

(4º22'0"N 18º35'0"E)

Bangui, the capital and largest city in the Central African Republic, was founded in 1889 and grew around the French colonial military post on the Ubangi river.


The Main Road from Cameroun to the Capital Bangui, Central African Republic, Africa, Photographic Print
Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa,
Photographic Print

(13º27'11"N 16º34'39"W)

Banjul, the capital of The Gambia is on St Mary's Island (Banjul Island), where the Gambia River enters the Atlantic Ocean.


La Barceloneta, Platja De La Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain, Photographic Print
La Barceloneta, Platja De La Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain,
Photographic Print

(41º23'0"N 2º11'0"E)

Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain (after Madrid), is located on the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Mediterranean Sea.

The city was likely founded by Hannibal's father, Hamilcar Barca, in the 3rd century BC. Another legend has the city founded by the Roman god Hercules.

Notable people associated with Barcelona: Carmen Amaya, Francisco Ferrer, Joan Miro, Antoni Gaudi, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Pablo Casals, Xavier Cugat, Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballe.


Town Hall, Basel, Switzerland, Photographic Print
Town Hall, Basel, Switzerland,
Photographic Print

(47º34'0"N 7º36'0"E)

Basel, Switzerland, located on the Rhine River where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, is an important cultural and industrial center.

Ancient Celtic settlement in the area predate the Roman Empire settlements, and the name Basel, documented in 374 AD, is related to Latin and Greek words meaning kingship.

Notable people associated with Basel are Jacob Burckhardt, John Calvin, Erasmus, Karl Jaspers, Carl Jung, mathematicians Leonhard Euler and the Bernoulli family, Friedrich Nietzsche, Paracelsus, Andreas Vesalius, Peter Birkhäuser.


Roman Baths with the Abbey Behind, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bath, England, Photographic Print
Roman Baths,
UNESCO World Heritage Site,
Photographic Print

(51º22'48"N 2º21'36"W)

Bath, England was first established as a spa with the Latin name, Aquae Sulis (“the waters of Sulis”) by the Romans in AD 43, at the site of hot springs.

During the Georgian era (1714-1830), Bath had a major expansion evidenced by Georgian architecture crafted from Bath Stone.

Notable people associated with Bath include Robert Adam, Jane Austen, Roger Bannister, William Thomas Beckford, Fanny Burney, Charles Dickens, Thomas Gainsborough, William Herschel & Caroline Herschel, Thomas Lawrence, Thomas Robert Malthus, William Pitt, Mary Godwin Shelley & Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Tobias Smollett, John Wood the Younger.


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