Arte Civil: El Vitruvio Americano: Manual de Arte Civil para el Arquitecto, by Werner Hegemann and Elbert Peets (Fundacion Caja de Arquitectos 1992), is the Spanish edition of The American Vitruvius: An Architect’s Handbook of Civic Art. The book brings together principles, examples, and plans to guide architects and urban planners in creating harmonious, functional, and aesthetically coherent public spaces. The Spanish edition maintains the monumental character of the original and has been used as a fundamental reference in studies of urban planning and civic architecture.
The text is in Spanish. The book is profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs, plans and diagrams.
Our copy is in good condition. The pages are clean; no markings except for an inscription on the first flyleaf. The binding is fine. The glueing of the binding is fine. The cloth-bound covers have a few light scratches but besides these, they show only some minor traces of wear.
