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phaidon.com Fall 2018 Shaping Cities in an Urban Age is the third and final addition to Phaidon’s hugely successful Endless City series, published in collaboration with the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft (AHG). Generously illustrated with photographs, visual data, and statistics, and featuring a series of essays written by leading people in their fields, Shaping Cities addresses our most urgent contemporary and future urban issues by examining a set of key forces that have combined to create the city as we know it today. - Ricky Burdett is professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics (LSE), and director of LSE Cities. He curated the International Architecture Exhibition at the 2006 Venice Biennale, was architectural adviser to the mayor of London from 2001–06, and was chief adviser on architecture and urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics. Philipp Rode is executive director of LSE Cities and an associate professorial research fellow at LSE. Key Selling Points - Completes Phaidon’s Endless City series, with the same mix of smart writing, evocative photographs, and incisive data as its predecessors - With contributions from educators, authors, architects, and city officials, including Deyan Sudjic, Saskia Sassen, Joan Clos, and Richard Sennett - Underscores the importance of architecture and urban planning in securing the future of our cities - Addresses vital themes, from social inclusion to climate change, looking at the problems that face contemporary cities and giving actionable solutions - The go-to resource for urban professionals in the field, as well as those interested in urban issues - Based on the Urban Age conferences, held by LSE since 2005 An authoritative – and fascinating – investigation into the spatial and social dynamics of cities at a global scale 245 × 210 mm 8¼ × 9⅝ inches 448 pp 500 col illus. Hardback 978 0 7148 7728 0 £ 49.95 UK $ 75.00 US 59.95 EUR $ 95.00 CAN $ 95.00 AUS Published September 2018 Shaping Cities in an Urban Age Ricky Burdett and Philipp Rode

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Page 1: Shaping Cities in an Urban Age - Home | PhaidonThe Future of Architecture Since 1889-978 0 7148 7319 0 £ 29.95UK $ 44.95US ISBN: 978 0 7148 6118 0 9 780714 861180 ISBN: 978 0 7148

phaidon.comFall 2018

Shaping Cities in an Urban Age is the third and final addition to Phaidon’s hugely successful Endless City series, published in collaboration with the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft (AHG). Generously illustrated with photographs, visual data, and statistics, and featuring a series of essays written by leading people in their fields, Shaping Cities addresses our most urgent contemporary and future urban issues by examining a set of key forces that have combined to create the city as we know it today. - Ricky Burdett is professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics (LSE), and director of LSE Cities. He curated the International Architecture Exhibition at the 2006 Venice Biennale, was architectural adviser to the mayor of London from 2001–06, and was chief adviser on architecture and urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics.Philipp Rode is executive director of LSE Cities and an associate professorial research fellow at LSE.

Key Selling Points - Completes Phaidon’s Endless City series, with the same mix of smart writing, evocative photographs, and incisive data as its predecessors - With contributions from educators, authors, architects, and city officials, including Deyan Sudjic, Saskia Sassen, Joan Clos, and Richard Sennett - Underscores the importance of architecture and urban planning in securing the future of our cities- Addresses vital themes, from social inclusion to climate change, looking at the problems that face contemporary cities and giving actionable solutions-The go-to resource for urban professionals in the field, as well as those interested in urban issues -Based on the Urban Age conferences, held by LSE since 2005

An authoritative – and fascinating – investigation into the spatial and social dynamics of cities at a global scale

245 × 210 mm 8¼ × 9⅝ inches 448 pp 500 col illus.

Hardback 978 0 7148 7728 0

£ 49.95 UK $ 75.00 US € 59.95 EUR $ 95.00 CAN $ 95.00 AUS

Published September 2018

ISBN: 978 0 7148 7728 0

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Shaping Cities in an Urban AgeRicky Burdett and Philipp Rode

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