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The utopian 20th-century model of a modern city – one that has been replicated around the world – is being exposed as unsuitable for adapting to the pace of change in the 21st century.
City dwellers love their homes but there are different types of love that shape how cities are viewed and how they work.
Often described by critics as dehumanising, depressing and oppressive, Brutalism is having a moment – especially on social media.
In an age of data-driven urban science, we need to remember how Jane Jacobs gave voice to the multiple languages, meanings, experiences and knowledge systems of a vibrant city.
Some 33 kilometres outside of Paris, in the town of Poissy, sits a true “design classic”, Villa Savoye. The work of seminal Swiss architect Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye is a constructed experiment, a manifesto…
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Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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