Endless City http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Endless-City-BURDETT/9780714859569

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'It's an urban jungle out there: a two-page spread of Berlin from Phaidon's The Endless City (h/b, 12th March, GBP35), edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic. The photographic urban studies title seeks to analyse the 'relentless' migration from rural areas to the city by focusing on London, New York, Shanghai, Berlin, Mexico City and Johannesburg. The book was overseen by The London School of Economics and written in conjunction with the Urban Age Project, an international organisation that investigates the future of cities. There are more than 30 contributors, including architect Rem Koolhaas, sociologist Richard Sennett and deputy mayor of London Nicky Gavron. The Bookseller, 15 February 2008 'A scholarly study of urban development - while The Endless City is packed with statistics and terms like "dense compact city with traditional perimeter housing", the facts are broken up and made palatable by stunning images that demonstrate what the statistics and jargon actually mean. - This book will help you understand what "social diversity" really is' Dazed & Confused, April 2008 'exhilarating - This book is as discursive, contradictory and downright dangerous as any great city should be.' RIBA North West magazine, Summer 2008