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Places at the Design Observer

Great news. The illustrious architecture and urban studies journal Places is undergoing some major changes. First, it is now edited by Nancy Levinson, one of the most distinguished editors in our field. Second, it is now hosted at Design Observer, which needs little introduction to my readership. I expect big things and am eager to dive into the first issue, which just went online here.

I have two connections with the first issue that I wanted to share with you.

The first is an excellent essay by one of my favorite former students, Ian Baldwin from the University of Pennsylvania, on the Tube Map of London. Read more here. I was amused to run into Ian’s article via my favorite fashion blog, Selectism, which had a piece on it today.

The second is a great review of the Infrastructural City by Chris Reed of Stoss, found here. Chris really “got” the book and what we were trying to do with it. I’m very much looking forward to meeting Chris at the GSD next Monday.

Submitted by kazys on 12 October, 2009 - 21:30

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Are you speaking at the GSD

Submitted by Drew on 13 October, 2009 - 14:28.

Are you speaking at the GSD next Monday?

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Submitted by places at design observer - mammoth // building nothing out on 13 October, 2009 - 14:42.
[...] via varnelis] This entry was written by rholmes, posted on October 13, 2009 at 12:42 pm, filed under asides, [...]

I wondered what you thought

Submitted by namhenderson on 13 October, 2009 - 15:55.

I wondered what you thought of this line, re: your categorization/organization of book content:
[i]Varnelis’s categorizations are both useful reference points and yet usefully contestable — very much in tune with the nature of this complicated, contested city.[/i]

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Kazys Varnelis [CV] is the Director of the Network Architecture Lab at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. With Robert Sumrell, he runs the non-profit architectural collective AUDC. Click here for more.