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With Robert A.M. Stern I wrote a history of architecture and urbanism in the Progressive Era, New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890–1915 (Rizzoli, 1983) as well as an introduction to the history of suburbia before sprawl, The Anglo–American Suburb (St. Martin's Press, 1981). With Victor Dover, I am writing Street Design, The Art & Practice of Making Complete Streets (J. Wiley & Sons, 2013).

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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Miami

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I'M IN MIAMI for three months, teaching a design studio at the School of Architecture at the University of Miami. More later.

August 23, 2006 in Architecture, Education, New Urbanism, Travel, Urbanism | Permalink

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I am an architecture student at Lausanne researching for our studio habitat in Miami in the context of a year long project on Havana. Could you send me links to information sources (available on the internet or article magazines, books etc..) on the contemporary urban and housing challenges Maimi faces.
With thanks,
Deborah Eker

Posted by: deborah eker at Nov 12, 2006 10:30:23 AM

Deborah,

I'm not sure what you mean by your “studio habitat in Miami in the context of a year long project on Havana,” asking for “links to information sources (available on the internet or article magazines, books etc..) on the contemporary urban and housing challenges Miami faces.” Miami and Havana are very different places. If you studio will be about Havana, what are you questions about Miami?

Here's an article that talks about two current problems in Miami: the collapse of the condo boom and the problem of affordable housing for the poor. Havana, of course, has no condo boom and although virtually everyone is poor that means there is less of a gap between the rich and the poor.

John

Posted by: john at Nov 12, 2006 11:18:15 AM

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