This is part 1 of my Charles Graves interview, author of newly-published book, The Genealogy of Cities. We ended talking for almost 2 hours, so this is part one of the discussion where we discuss the following:

• The Genealogy of Cities
• Colin Rowe
• Collage City
• The Interactive Nolli Map
• Typologies
• Figure-ground & Herbert Muschamp
• Florentine New Towns: Urban Design in the Late Middle Ages (Architectural History Foundation Book) & Pianta di Palmanova
• Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
• Cartography?
• Forma Urbis Romae by Rodolfo Lanciani

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Remember when you hear the ping noise, look at your screen for a visual of what we are talking about.

Figure Ground from The Genealogy of Cities

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge map of Parma, Italy

Figure-Ground Detail

Sanborn Maps

Pianta di Palmanova

Forma Urbis Romae by Rodolfo Lanciani