Infinite Suburbia

Infinite Suburbia
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 782
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ISBN-10 : 9781616896706
ISBN-13 : 1616896701
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Book Synopsis Infinite Suburbia by : MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism

Download or read book Infinite Suburbia written by MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infinite Suburbia is the culmination of the MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism's yearlong study of the future of suburban development. Extensive research, an exhibition, and a conference at MIT's Media Lab, this groundbreaking collection presents fifty-two essays by seventy-four authors from twenty different fields, including, but not limited to, design, architecture, landscape, planning, history, demographics, social justice, familial trends, policy, energy, mobility, health, environment, economics, and applied and future technologies. This exhaustive compilation is richly illustrated with a wealth of photography, aerial drone shots, drawings, plans, diagrams, charts, maps, and archival materials, making it the definitive statement on suburbia at the beginning of the twenty-first century.


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