One of the areas of architecure that are often overlooked is town planning and city design. Because cities and towns are rarely planned and built all in one anymore this art form is dying out, but there are still some striking examples of beautifull city design that can be seen only from the air.

Paris is often thought to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. This doesn’t really help with the cities crippling traffic problems (although nothing compared to London). The layout of the city, with it’s elegant angular streets and central squares (more like stars with roads pointing out everywhere).