28 June 2011
Todd Reisz from the Huffington Post writes ‘This second publication is a laudable distillation, if not maturation, of tactics and language that architects, planners, etc., have been building up over the last decade or two.’ Read the full review here.
Regina Krieger from the German newspaper Handelsblatt reviews Living in the Endless City. Full review available here (German PDF).
27 June 2011
Teddy Jamieson reviews Living in the Endles City for The Herald Scotland’s book of the week: “The result is a clusterbomb of a book: part balance sheet, part manifesto, part infodump. It’s a busy, hectic, dense, messy piece of work that talks crime, transport, architecture, politics and pollution.” Read the full review here.
The reviewer writes: “The future is still up in the air. As if global governance did not have enough challenges yet, add the milieu of urban sprawl on a previously unimaginable scale to everything else. … cities will be the locations where the global human drama will unfold in the coming decades, for better or worse.” Read full review here.
ArchDaily features the authors’ interview about ‘what makes a successful city’, thoughts that emerge from Living in the Endless City.
21 June 2011
Ricky Burdett’s interview with the AFP is featured in the China Post, Melbourne’s The Age, the Free Malaysia Today, the Bangkok Post, the Star Phoenix, the Vancouver Sun, Le nouvel observateur, the Szatmar, 20minutes.fr, the Singapore Philippines online, Karpatinfo, and The Tehran Times.
The Cities Programme Summer news update is now online. You can get up to date here, or download the PDF.
20 June 2011
The LSE Cities Programme is seeing to appoint a Lecturer in City Design and Social Science, and are looking for a well-qualified candidate with expertise in urban sociological research and urban design practice. For more information or to apply, visit LSE’s Job site here. Deadline is 11 July 2011.
‘It is undeniably impressive and epochal, and has also prompted a genre, the weighty tome on cities that tries to harness its wonder, and address the vastness of theme.’ Rowan Moore reviews Living in the Endless City for The Observer. Read the full review here.
BBC World Service’s programme ‘One Planet’ hosts co-editor Deyan Sudjic on Living in the Endless City. Listen to the full radio programme here.