Chapter 1 - Architect of the city
The World's Most Productive Architect
The Cities of Palladio
A new language for the architecture of the city
The people of Vicenza
A city of gentlemen
The city as scenography
Chapter 2 - The Gothic Vicenza. An empty city full of Palaces
Population and urban dimensions in mediaeval Veneto
The industrial city
Filling up Vicenza
The City of Palaces
Chapter 3 - Andrea Palladio's Method and Work
The search for a new visual identity for the city
The architect-director of the new city
Bays as a trigger for building the city
The bays of the Palazzo della Ragione
The advantages of the bay-module and Palladio's references
Piecemeal Planning in Palladio's work
Chapter 4 - Vicenza after Palladio
The other Palladios
Contemporary Vicenza
The Design of the World
Palladio Legacy
