David W. Gobel (Author) DAVID W. GOBEL is professor of architectural history at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he has taught since 1996. He has published articles in a variety of architectural and urban-planning journals, and he is one of four coauthors of the award-winning SAH Buildings of Savannah guidebook. He lives in Savannah, Georgia.Robin B. Williams (Author) ROBIN B. WILLIAMS has taught at the Savannah College of Art and Design since 1993, chairing Architectural History since the founding of the department in 1996. He is the lead author of the guidebook Buildings of Savannah, which won the Best Guidebook Award from SESAH in 2018. He currently lives in Savannah, Georgia.

Much has been written about Savannah's remarkable plan implemented during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Building upon this corpus, Learning from Savannah adds an impressive array of historical details as well as a compelling conceptual framework, taking the city's development up to the present. The text further integrates architecture and landscape design with planning and urban form. This is a model study and an important work for anyone interested in how cities evolved over time.