urban & beyond
part-blog, part-repository.. a place for thinking about cities, systems, and everyday environments
flaneuring, a newsletter
all letters
distances are shorter than they appear
christmas break in savannah
his bitter truth
impact requires more than intention
unflattening the narrative
meeting the power broker
at eye level
whether businesses have obligation to meet the street and getting inside iconic mid-century homes
sounds of the universe
add some noise to enjoy the silence
paved with good intentions
hindsight bias and sustainable growth
how to glow up if you're just a parking garage
how thoughtful, ground-level design can make streets more lively and related reading on how architecture shapes experience
blurred edges
standard of living vs. quality of life
something in the light
the science of a feeling
paradox of safe parks
walls are not the answer
mini city guides
all guides
berlin
the city that lived up to the myth
detroit
don't sleep on it
havana
for americans
larnaca
the sea and the city
lisbon
honeymoon
new haven
yale enclave
paris
coffee and croissants for now
providence
current home
san francisco
love, but not at first sight
savannah
urban form that works
books
all books
Restorative Cities
Layla McCay and Jenny Roe
Clamor
Chris Berdik
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Christopher Alexander
Mind in Architecture
edited by Juhani Pallasmaa and Sarah Robinson
Urban Jungle
Ben Wilson
The Power Broker
Robert Caro
Crossings
Ben Goldfarb
Paved Paradise
Henry Grabar
Going Solo
Eric Klinenberg
Cosmopolitan Culture
Bonnie Menes Kahn
Triumph of the City
Edward Glaeser
The Option of Urbanism
Christopher B. Leinberger
Retrofitting Suburbia
Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson
Accessible America
Bess Williamson
A History of Future Cities
Daniel Brook
Soft City
David Sim
Bourgeois Utopias
Robert Fishman
A Paradise of Small Houses
Max Podemski
Built for Change
Anne Vernez Moudon
Downtown, Inc.
Bernard Frieden and Lynne Sagalyn
What Time Is This Place?
Kevin Lynch
City: Rediscovering the Center
William H. Whyte
Edge City
Joel Garreau
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
How Buildings Learn
Stewart Brand
Inclusive Transportation
Veronica Davis
