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"Vishaan Chakrabarti is a brilliant architect."--Fareed Zakaria

From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challenges

The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to political division and technological dislocation, to declining mental health and fraying cultural fabric. With most of the planet's population now living in urban environments, cities are the spaces where we have the greatest potential to confront and address these problems. In this visionary book, Vishaan Chakrabarti argues for an "architecture of urbanity," showing how the design of our communities can create a more equitable, sustainable, and joyous future for us all.

Taking readers from the great cities of antiquity to the worldwide exurban sprawl of our postindustrial age, Chakrabarti examines architecture's relationship to history's greatest social, technological, and environmental dilemmas. He then presents a rich selection of work by a global array of practicing architects, demonstrating how innovative design can dramatically improve life in big cities and small settlements around the world, from campuses and refugee camps to mega-cities like São Paulo, Lima, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Tokyo.

Lavishly illustrated with a wealth of original graphics, data visualizations, photographs, and drawings, The Architecture of Urbanity eloquently explains why cities are the last, best hope for humanity, and why designers must, alongside political, business, community, and cultural leaders, steward the healing of our planet.

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• Author's Note(vi)
• The Excellence of Relevance(1)
• Despair
• From Here to Banality(20)
• Rage against the Machine(50)
• As the World Burns(74)
• Mister Robinson's Neighborhood(86)
• For Whom the Dole Tolls(94)
• Hope
• Here! Here!(116)
• Practice Makes Pertinence(154)
• The TAU of PAU(176)
• Rebel Rebel(204)
• The Garden of Urban(226)
• Acknowledgments(246)
• Notes and Illustration Sources(248)
• Index(261)

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CHOICE Review

"The promise of an architecture of urbanity is to deliver jobs, justice, and joy in the near term, and shared planetary prosperity in the far, forsaking forever the architecture of the star and the city of the car" (p 17). Chakrabarti, the founder of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), calls for architectural practice that aims to support and create urbane communities "inhabited by people from many different cultures and classes who spatially interact" (p 10). It follows Chakrabarti's earlier book A Country of Cities (2013). The introduction outlines the importance of architecture in support of sustainable, just, and joyful places. The first section, "Despair," discusses current challenges that urbanism should face. The final section, "Hope," suggests and provides illustrations (including PAU projects and others) of how good design may address these challenges. The Architecture of Urbanity, "equally intended for the general public, decision makers, and those in the design professions," is lavishly illustrated but sparingly footnoted (p vii). Summing Up: Recommended. General readers through undergraduates. --Mark C Childs, emeritus, University of New Mexico

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Vishaan Chakrabarti is an architect and the founder of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), a design studio dedicated to building ecological, equitable, and joyous communities. He is the author of A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America.