Review article

Garden Architecture as an Element of the City Image

Mladen Obad Šćitaroci
Bojana Bojanić Obad Šćitaroci

Abstract

The system of roads and streets, the structure and type of buildings, and the layout of parks and gardens are the three essential elements in creating city identity and image. The article indicates the importance of garden architecture for the formation of urban identity. Using many historical and modern examples, the authors analyze the ways in which garden architecture appears in the town structure; they indicate the inseparable links between town planning, architecture and garden architecture; they show how ideas and forms of garden art combine with urban construction.

Keywords

arch./urban planning; city; garden; city image; garden and park arch

Hrčak ID:

24102

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/24102

Publication date:

30.6.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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