A more beautiful city
Subtitle: Robert Hooke and the rebuilding of London after the great fire
By: Michael Cooper
Publisher: Sutton
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Hooke, Robert, -- 1635-1703; Great Fire, London, England, 1666; Architecture -- England -- London
Description: This book reveals Hooke's important contribution to the rebuilding of London in the shape we know it today. As City Surveyor he worked with Wren and the other King's Commissioners in drafting the rebuilding regulations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Aspects of a life: Finding by my own trials; title: These my first labours; title: A person learned in geometry; title: The plainness and soundness of observations; title: At the top of Paul's steeple; title: A sort of domesticity; title: Systems and contrivances; title: Part 2. Building a new city: A great confusion; title: With alacrity and cheerfulness; title: The middle way; title: To the best of my skill, knowledge and power; title: Calculating the losses; title: We have met upon the place; title: Unexpected pressures; title: For the well-being of all citizens; title: A perpetual remembrance; title: A full and glorious restoration