Camillo Sitte is the father of the architect Siegfried Sitte. Sitte was an architect and cultural theoretician whose writings, according to Eliel Saarinen, were familiar to German-speaking architects of the late 19th century.
Camillo Sitte (born , Vienna, Austria—died Nov. 16, 1903, Vienna) was an Austrian architect and town planner who propagated many ideas similar to those that the so-called Garden City advocate, Sir Ebenezer Howard, was advancing at the same time in England.
City Planning According to Artistic Principlesʼ (German: ʻDer Städtebau nach seinen Künstlerischen Grundsätzenʼ) is a treatise on city planning written by the Viennese architect and theoretician Camillo Sitte (1843-1903), first published in 1889.
Camillo Sitte (17 April 1843 16 November 1903) was a noted Austrian architect, painter and city planning theoretician with great influence and authority of the development of urban construction planning and regulation in Europe.
Sitte contended that many urban planners had neglected to consider the vertical dimension of planning, instead focusing too much on paper, and that this approach hindered the efficacy of planning in an aesthetically conscious manner.
Camillo Sitte believed cities should be built for delight, not just function. A reminder that irregularity, rhythm, and beauty still shape how we feel in urban spaces.
Inspired by medieval and baroque designs, Camillo Sitte emphasized the creation of spacious plazas, enhanced by monuments and other aesthetic elements. Numerous illustrations highlight this...
Camillo Sitte is most famous for his theory of town planning, which he published in his book "City Planning According to Artistic Principles" in 1866. He was a proponent of the idea that a city should be built with a hierarchy of streets, squares, and buildings, with the cathedral at the center.