Flesh And Stone

“The deprivation that seems to curse most modern buildings, the dullness, monotony and palpable barrenness that cripples the urban environment.” Richard Sennett says that he was inspired by the surprise of the modern city to write this book:
"Flesh and Stone is a history of the city told through people's bodily experiences: from ancient Athens to modern New York, how men and women moved through cities, what they saw and heard, what scents filled their noses, where they ate, how they dressed, when How did they bathe, how did they make love? Although this book treats people's bodies as a way of understanding the past, it is more than a historical catalog of physical sensations in urban space. Western civilization has always had difficulty respecting the dignity of the body and the diversity of human bodies: "I tried to understand and explain how it was expressed in design and planning practice."

We present this beautiful book, translated by Tuncay Birkan, with the thought that everyone who is interested in the relations between social life and the architectural structure of cities, between social history and the organization of the space in which they live, will enjoy reading it.



Number of Pages: 388

Year of Printing: 2011


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

First Printing Year: 2002

Number of Pages: 388

Language Turkish