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In 1960, Jane Jacobs’ book The Death and Life of Great American Cities sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and...
In October 2003, Antoine Yates was arrested for reckless endangerment following the discovery of his cohabitation in a Harlem high-rise with Ming, a five-hundred-pound tiger and Al, a seven-foot alligator....
Urban environments are home to millions of people across the UK. They can be vibrant and attractive areas in which to live, work and socialise, but they can also suffer decline and neglect, which makes them...
Three films documenting London’s environment and landscapes set to music by the band St Etienne. FINISTERRE (2003, Paul Kelly and Kieran Evans) is an evocative homage to London, featuring a host of London...
From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeepers, Americans are growing food like never before. Growing Cities goes coast to coast to tell the stories of these intrepid urban farmers, activists, and everyday...
The final film in Gary Hustwit ‘s so-called ‘Design film trilogy’ (which began with HELVETICA and continued with OBJECTIFIED) is an upbeat, visually inventive look at the way cities around the world...
The four DVDs in this box set are part of the cross-media festival Centuries of the City that the VPRO held in association with the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in September/October 2009 on...
For the first time in history, more people live in cities than the countryside. Across the globe, there are 21 cities with more than 10 million people, and these numbers are set to increase.In this...
This documentary explores the resourcefulness and imagination of people living in some of the world’s most overpopulated cities: Bombay, New York, Moscow and Mexico City.The film is a tale in twelve...
Video of a lecture given in 2011 at the New London galleries in the Building Centre by the Danish architect and city planner Jan Gehl, whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by...
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