Off The Common Books Sustasis Press: 2 books

In 1965, the architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander published a landmark theoretical critique of modern urban design, and by extension, modern design in general. His critique was different from others of the day in that it was not based on a social or political argument, but on a structural...

Cities are experiencing a renaissance today, because we'e begun to understand how they really work -- and we've begun to make them work better for people.  This book is a lively, readable account of two revealing figures in the history of that renaissance: the urban economist Jane Jacobs and...