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The History of Urban Form was one of the most influential courses ever taught at Georgia Tech: one year it was voted the most popular elective on the entire campus. For many of his students it was enough to change their career paths to urban design and city planning. We are fortunate that Professor Doug Allen recorded his lectures the last year he was able to teach them, and we are honored to begin sharing them with you here for the first time. This series of lecture videos will expand your understanding of where cities come from and where they are going. But this is not your average history course. Through sharp wit and legendary asides, Allen reveals and analyzes the interconnected components of cities and displays their collective histories against the challenges of contemporary planning. Prepare to see the built environment in a new light.

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Bonus Lecture: Savannah

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 44:33

Sponsored by Historical Concepts & ESRI.Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqUfnBc0jaE Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 39: New Urbanism and Landscape Urbanism

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 58:30

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCRJbrIWQOk Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 38: Edge Cities and the Crisis of the Object

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 56:46

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nIbPQwU4eY Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 37: Equity, Race, and Place

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 62:42

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDLxv-6_HJM Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 36: Expansion of the Regulatory Framework

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 14:13

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t78HkrNYmvs Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 34: Block, Superblock, & Space of Flow

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 52:34

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB08BrmgGD4 Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 30: Reactionary Tactics of Parks and the Suburbs, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 62:38

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhKd-OOq5HM Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 29: Reactionary Tactics of Parks and the Suburbs, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 51:49

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn7TDE-gcVg Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 27: The City of the Dreadful Night

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 46:48

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxIOZiYSuRg Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 26: The City in the Enlightenment

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 39:49

Sponsored by The Rado Family.Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwPbrp8jAwE Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 25: Establishing a National Order

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 53:18

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPjLpxcFcOM Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 24: Origins of American Urbanism, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 51:04

Sponsored by the DCAI Board.Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4d4-TZvGlE&feature=youtu.be Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 23: Origins of American Urbanism, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 55:13

This lecture was sponsored by Central Atlanta Progress.Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfOGhWaKpww Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 22: The Colonial City in the Americas

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 54:42

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh3uuKDiZmE Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 21: London and the Residential Square

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 47:23

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUqzfT7sy7A Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 20: Cities in the Islamic World

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 47:02

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eLu3cNNxVY Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 19: Le Notre and the Grand Project, Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 51:49

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLAQlPZjaQ4 Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 18: Le Notre and the Grand Project, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 41:33

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXizA4RsnZc Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 15: Baroque Rome, Church & State

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 36:31

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4uQfIXvX3U&feature=youtu.be Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 14: The State as a Work of Art

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 48:46

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=800n3lcAICo Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 13:The Presence of the Past - the Idea of the City in the Renaissance

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 50:30

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftV-d2ykp2E Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 12: Medieval Cities in Africa and Arabia

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 51:11

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6n-5L49FkY Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 11: The Emergence of the Market

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 44:57

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oepIEUuij4 Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 10: The City of God: Medieval European Cities

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 48:57

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NbfZfOuDiA Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 09: Constantinople and the Fragmentation of Empire

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 54:00

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrN8E7WxzOg Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 08: Res Publica

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 51:42

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3F8au8WvE Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 07: Colonial Cities in the Roman World

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 50:30

Watch the lecture video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvT2JUYkm90 Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 06: The Founding of Rome

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 45:21

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UknlXAS6VPY Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 05: Agora, Acropolis, Grid

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 47:57

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0AdTUc3ZP8 Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 04: The Polis and the Knowledge of the Good

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 36:48

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrZZ8l1Abvo Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 03: The City in the Aegean World

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 48:00

Watch a video of this lecture, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyHhbrkH87o Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation!To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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Lecture 02: Origins of Cities

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 47:05

Lecture 01: Constitution and Representation

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 49:16

Learning Objectives: Evaluate various definitions of a "city."Learn the fundamental components of cities (as uniquely defined by Doug Allen) and how they combine to form our basic organizational structure.Evaluate the commonalities of cities throughout the world.Enhance the understanding of "scale" in urbanism.Thank you to our sponsors for this episode!:Mrs. Kathy AllenMr. Seth and Mrs. Jennie GallaherDr. John and Mrs. Pam HarrisDoctors Hill and Susie HarrisDr. Dan and Mrs. Jennifer Harris.Support the Doug Allen Institute and make a donation.To learn more, visit us at www.DougAllenInstitute.org.

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