The language of cities / Deyan Sudjic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sudjic, Deyan, author.

Contributor:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Cities and towns--Social aspects.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

230 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[London] : Allen Lane : Penguin Random House, 2016.

Summary:

The director of the Design Museum defines the greatest artefact of all time: the city. We live in a world that is now predominantly urban. So how do we define the city as it evolves in the twenty-first century? Drawing examples from across the globe, Deyan Sudjic decodes the underlying forces that shape our cities, such as resources and land, to the ideas that shape conscious elements of design, whether of buildings or of space. Erudite and entertaining, he considers the differences between capital cities and the rest to understand why it is that we often feel more comfortable in our identities as Londoners, Muscovites, or Mumbaikars than in our national identities.

Contents:

What is a City

How to Make a City

How to Change a City

The Government of Cities

The Idea of a City

Crowds and Their Discontents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 224) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

9780241188040

0241188040

OCLC:

961813245