No comments about Reconstructing Times Square: Politics and Culture in Urban Development (Studies in Government and Public Policy).

No comments about Architecture and Nihilism: On the Philosophy of Modern Architecture (Theoretical Perspectives in Architectura).

No comments about La Forma Y La Mirada/ the Forms and the Glance.

No comments about Quatremère de Quincy and the Invention of a Modern Language of Architecture.

No comments about Gated Communities: International Perspectives.

No comments about Landscape Linkages and Biodiversity.

No comments about Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset.

3 comments about Everyday Urbanism.

1. Everyday Urbanism draws attention to the otherwise neglected ways of promoting street-life and the informal economy, especially in the US where there is an increasing need with the fragmentation of the urban/suburban fabric and economically declining, though often socially strong and active as in the case of LA neighborhoods.
   The collection of essays range from cases in LA where it successfully occurs,innovative design ideas towards stimulating street-life, vendoring and its accessories, to sustainable informal trash recycling systems in LA neighborhoods, to careful observation methods which may inform local level urban design and planning.
   It is a unique text in terms of introducing this idea of being aware of and celebrating everyday life (especially in the western world) within the design disciplines of architecture, urban design/planning and landscape architecture.



2. An excellent introduction to the thought of urban conception as a way of life, or even better of living. Michel de Certeau and the others would love to read it.



3. Everyday Urbanism is a wonderful collection of thoughts, projects and stories about the contemporary urban life in America (more specifically Southern California). Rather than speak about grand utopian visions, Everyday Urbanism investigates specific urban conditions. Each author brings their own perspective and dimmension to this interesting and entertaining compilation.

1 comments about Readings in Urban Theory.

1. The reading was comprehendable, easy to process,
   easy to write an essay on, citing this book. I
   read it for a class and would recommend it to
   anyone who is trying to get a more thorough
   understanding of urban theories.

2 comments about Learning from China: The Tao of the City.

1. This book went straight to my heart! Fingerhuth has masterfully connected the ancient philosophy of Taoism with the needs of today's modern urban cities. In a fresh, innovative and personal way, he takes us to a place "beyond" modernism, to a new consciousness of the intimate relationship between our urban environments and their surrounding landscapes. This book proposes a gestalt for the city of today that takes into consideration the sensitivities, complexities and idiosycrasies of the post-modern human being. I highly recommend this book to the city-dweller who longs for a more human envoronment in which to live but also to the urban planner whose job it is to create urban spaces in which we can live, breathe and begin to feel at home.



2. This book illustrates how each time and society expresses the core values of its philosophy in the way it develops cities. The many fantastic pictures visualize the concepts of the book in a thought inspiring manner. For me this book was a journey through time and around the world, accompanied by the personal experience and philosophy of the author, which felt like having a personal talk and discussion.