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Architecture & Cities

Henri Lefebvre and the Theory of the Production of Space

by Christian Schmid

Henri Lefebvre was the major theorist of space and of the urban. This is the definitive book on Lefebvre
Paris in Turmoil

by Eric Hazan

A kaleidoscopic look at Paris’s ever-changing forms and people
Monumental Lies: Culture Wars and the Truth about the Past

by Robert Bevan

Chosen as one of the best Architecture and Design books of 2022 by The Financial Times

5 posts
Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

by Leslie Kern

How Gentrification is killing our cities, and what we can do about it

3 posts

Uncomputable

by Alexander Galloway

A journey through the uncomputable remains of computer history

4 posts
Cities of Power

by Göran Therborn
Why are cities centres of power? A sociological analysis of urban politics
6 posts
Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-made World

by Leslie Kern

Feminist City is an ongoing experiment in living differently, living better, and living more justly in an urban world.

21 posts
Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances

by Owen Hatherley

How to make a fairer, more just city

3 posts

Capital City

by Samuel Stein

“This superbly succinct and incisive book couldn’t be more timely or urgent.” —Michael Sorkin, author of All Over the Map

26 posts
Extreme Cities

A cutting exploration of how cities drive climate change while being on the frontlines of the coming climate crisis

22 posts
Hollow City

by Rebecca Solnit

Hollow City surveys San Francisco’s transformation—skyrocketing residential and commercial rents that are driving out artists, activists, nonprofit organizations and the poor; the homogenization of the city’s architecture, industries and population; the decay of its public life; and the erasure of its sites of civic memory.

5 posts
Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes

by Mimi Sheller

Mobility justice is one of the crucial political and ethical issues of our day

8 posts

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