Rather than a book you sit down and read, Soft City is a book that invites you to explore what it has to offer. It is highly visual, filled with primary colours, useful case studies, original ideas, inspiring photographs, and helpful graphics. As such, it is highly recommended that you forgo the e-book version and get yourself a physical copy.
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Friday 5: New Years Eve Edition
A special New Years Eve edition of my weekly recap of urbanism news and views.
‘Schelling’ the City [Repost]
Schelling points are ‘nodes of unconscious coordination” that people in cities around the word have historically used to make sense of urban place.
Temporary Urbanism: Incubating New Ideas for City Living
Temporary urbanism shows how—with a lot of ingenuity and a little investment—cities could transform urban voids into urban oases.
A Mallrat Repents
Malls R Us is a provocative documentary that looks at North America’s love affair will the mall.
‘Schelling’ the City
The other day I asked a simple question on Twitter and Facebook…
Saturday 6: a special edition of what I've been reading this week
So to make up for being a day late, I’ll include a bonus article this week. So here is the ‘Saturday 6’; a selection of articles I found interesting over the past week.
Urban Breakfast – December 12
As part of my continuing quest to ‘activate’ downtown Phoenix, I want to invite you to my next THERE-apy event: The Urban Breakfast.
My Personal Brand According to Twitter
While we all have an image of our selves that we try and project to others, what matters most is how other perceive us. Here is how I’m viewed on Twitter.
Recent Readings
These are some of the articles I’ve read that have got me thinking recently: