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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 “Se...-Sn...-”
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Contemporary and historic cities ~

Seattle
Seoul
Seville

Shanghai
Shenzhen
Singapore

Skopje
Smyrna



Seattle Skyline, Photographic Print
Seattle Skyline,
Photographic Print

(47º36'35"N 122º19'59"W)

Seattle, the northernmost major city in the contiguous United States, is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest and the state of Washington.

Seattle is named after Chief Sealth "Seattle", of the Duwamish and Suquamish native tribes.


Seoul, South Korea, Photographic Print
Seoul, South Korea,
Photographic Print

(37º34'08"N 126º58'26"E)

Seoul, the capital of South Korea and megacity with a population of over 12 million, it is one of the largest cities in the world.

Located on the Korean Peninsula of East Asia, Seoul has been a major settlement for over 2,000 years.

As one of the world's top ten financial and commercial centers and home to major multinational conglomerates, Seoul was named the world's sixth most economically powerful city by Forbes in 2008.


Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, Photographic Print
Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain, Photographic Print

(37º22'38"N 5º59'13"W)

Seville, in the southern Andalusia area of Spain, is an inland port located on the Guadalquivir River 50 miles from the Atlantic coast.

Seville was the capital of Moors from the 8th to 13th centuries, the architecture of the city is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Seville was granted La Casa de Contratacion (House of Trade), bringing all trade with the New World through Seville.

Residents of the city are known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses, following the Roman name of the city, Hispalis. The Moorish name was Isbiliya. The oldest name known for Seveille is Spal.

Famous people associated with Seville include: Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian (b. Italica), historian Bartolome de Las Casas, artist Diego Velazquez, composer Joaquin Turina, Christopher Columbus' remains were interred in the Seville Cathedral.

Seville is noted as a center for flamenco dance.


Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, and Huangpu River, Shanghai, China, Photographic Print
Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, and Huangpu River,
Shanghai, China,
Photographic Print

(31º12'0"N 121º30'0"E)

Shanghai, the most populous city in China and the most populous city proper in the world, is located at the middle portion of the Chinese coast, and sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Shanghai began as a fishing village and grew to importance in foreign trade after the 1842 Treaty of Nanking.

Notable people associated with Shanghai include An Wang and Chien-Shiung Wu. American astronaut Shannon Lucid was born in Shanghai to missionary parents.


Litchi Park Bridge, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (Sez), Guangdong, China, Asia, Photographic Print
Litchi Park Bridge, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Guangdong, China, Asia,
Photographic Print

(22º33'0"N 114º6'0"E)

Shenzhen, located in the Pearl River Delta immediately north of Hong Kong, is one of the fastest growing cities in the world today.


Boat Quay with Singapore's Central Business District, Singapore, Singapore, Photographic Print
Boat Quay with Singapore's
Central Business District,
Singapore, Singapore,
Photographic Print

(1º17'0"N 103º50'0"E)


Officially the Republic of Singapore is a Southeast Asian island country off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.

The Globalization Index calls Singapore, with a population of 5 million (the second most densely populated country in the world after Monaco), of which nearly half are foreign workers or students, the most globalized city in the world.

The English name Singapore is from the Malay name Singapura from the Sanskrit for “Lion City”. Called Temasek, it was a territory controlled by a Malay Sultan, becoming a British colony in 1824. The Japanese captured and held Singapore through most of WWII; Singapore gained sovereignty in 1965.


Devastating Earthquake Hits Skopje in Yugoslavia, Giclee Print
Devastating Earthquake Hits Skopje in Yugoslavia,
Giclee Print

(59º21'0"N 18º04'0"E)

Skopje, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia, is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic center.

Neolitic artifacts dating back to 4000 BC have been found in the area. The Romans, who called it Scupi, came in the 1st century AD, then the area was under Byzantine rule, then fighting with the Bulgarian Empire, and then to the Serbian realm. In 1912 it became part of Yugoslavia, and then capital of indepedent Macedonia in 1991.

Notable people associated with Skopje include Byxantine Emperor Justinian I and Mother Teresa.


Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey - Quay and Port, Photographic Print
Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey -
Quay and Port,
Photographic Print

(38º25'26"N 27º8'34"E)

Smyrna, an ancient city of two sites is located at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, encompassed by the modern city of Izmir.

The first site of Smyrna rose to prominence during the Archaic Period, the second site is associated with Alexander the Great and the subsequent Roman occupation.

Notable people associated with Smyrna include Homer, Tamerlane, Saint Polycarp, Ignatius of Antioch.


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