Type plate — Cities — 2400×780, text-free

Building type

Cities

Whole urban fabrics — the hardest thing to reconstruct and the most revealing when you do.

10 dossiers

Troy, nine cities from c. 3000 BC

nine cities from c. 3000 BCRuined8:59

Troy

Çanakkale, Türkiye

Babylon, from c. 1894 BC; rebuilt 605–562 BC

from c. 1894 BC; rebuilt 605–562 BCRuinedFilm in production

Babylon

Babil, Iraq

Pompeii, from c. 600 BC

from c. 600 BCRuined22:36

Pompeii

Campania, Italy

Petra, from c. 312 BC

from c. 312 BCRuinedFilm in production

Petra

Ma'an, Jordan

Jerusalem Before Rome Destroyed It, Herodian rebuild from c. 20 BC

Herodian rebuild from c. 20 BCLostFilm in production

Jerusalem Before Rome Destroyed It

Jerusalem, The Levant

Rome in AD 100, AD 100

AD 100Ruined18:20

Rome in AD 100

Rome, Italy

Constantinople, refounded AD 330

refounded AD 330Standing18:48

Constantinople

Istanbul, Türkiye

Venice's Sinking City, traditionally founded AD 421

traditionally founded AD 421Standing23:49

Venice's Sinking City

Veneto, Italy

London: 500 Years of Design, c. 1500 onward

c. 1500 onwardStanding23:31

London: 500 Years of Design

London, England

Haussmann's Boulevards, 1853–1870

1853–1870Standing24:22

Haussmann's Boulevards

Paris, France