The Architecture of Red Vienna, 1919-1934

In 1919 the Social Democratic city council of Vienna initiated a radical program of reforms…

Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City

Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City deals with two specific…

L'Asia e il Moderno (Asia Modern)

The central theme of Asia Modern concerns the need to expand standard western cultural definitions of modernity…

Innovation in American Government: Challenges, Opportunities, and Dilemmas

Innovation does happen—even in government! Despite all the news about government scandals and failures, public…

Civic Realism

A civic place belongs to everyone and yet to nobody in particular. In Civic Realism, Peter…

Mexico City: 1996 Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design

Revitalizing Toledo's Historic Core

This report documents studies of the historic center of Toledo, Spain, conducted by students in…

A Guide to Land Auctions in Ukraine

Contents Forewords Mayor Evgeni Kushnaryov Chairman Volodymyr Gusakov Chairman Pavlo Gaidutsky Ambassador…

Joan Busquets: Ten Projects at Urban Scale, 1988-1994

“Life keeps its miracles hidden/Until, all at once, it reveals them in their higher state.—…

The Placilla de Peñuelas Project

One of the salient characteristics of the modern world is the apparent universality of many…