![Story of cities #13: Barcelona's unloved planner invents science of 'urbanisation' | Cities | The Guardian Story of cities #13: Barcelona's unloved planner invents science of 'urbanisation' | Cities | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b92bc3beb447eb318b2563c6073dacfc9f959d46/0_407_2496_1497/master/2496.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=65b1606c83f0fcccd8d8fdec750eb4bc)
Story of cities #13: Barcelona's unloved planner invents science of 'urbanisation' | Cities | The Guardian
![SR on Twitter: "@hodgman Due to diamond-shaped intersections, Barcelona has octagonal (ish) city blocks. https://t.co/eaJCodUtPi" / Twitter SR on Twitter: "@hodgman Due to diamond-shaped intersections, Barcelona has octagonal (ish) city blocks. https://t.co/eaJCodUtPi" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CrXWCl4WgAAf1yv.jpg)
SR on Twitter: "@hodgman Due to diamond-shaped intersections, Barcelona has octagonal (ish) city blocks. https://t.co/eaJCodUtPi" / Twitter
![a) Block with housing built on two of the sides; b) Corners, squares... | Download Scientific Diagram a) Block with housing built on two of the sides; b) Corners, squares... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263230559/figure/fig2/AS:669076229726214@1536531612282/a-Block-with-housing-built-on-two-of-the-sides-b-Corners-squares-and-octagonal-forms.png)
a) Block with housing built on two of the sides; b) Corners, squares... | Download Scientific Diagram
![The Astounding Design Of Eixample Barcelona | Fotos de barcelona, Barcelona ciudad, Imagenes del barcelona The Astounding Design Of Eixample Barcelona | Fotos de barcelona, Barcelona ciudad, Imagenes del barcelona](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1b/49/5f/1b495fd4e49fb09e6ffa12808ce7fbee.jpg)
The Astounding Design Of Eixample Barcelona | Fotos de barcelona, Barcelona ciudad, Imagenes del barcelona
Barcelona Bus Turístic - If you visit Barcelona, you will step on the Eixample. Conceived by the urban planner Ildefons Cerdà, it's a large district vertebrate by octagonal blocks and truncated vertices
![a) Block with housing built on two of the sides; b) Corners, squares... | Download Scientific Diagram a) Block with housing built on two of the sides; b) Corners, squares... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Montserrat-Pallares-Barbera/publication/263230559/figure/fig2/AS:669076229726214@1536531612282/a-Block-with-housing-built-on-two-of-the-sides-b-Corners-squares-and-octagonal-forms_Q640.jpg)