Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Urban Life and Architecture
Choose a book about life in cities contemporary or historical, the architecture and planning of a city, or related topics.
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Conversations with Frank Gehry by Barbara Isenberg, Frank O. Gehry

Conversations with Frank Gehry

Barbara Isenberg, Frank O. Gehry

320 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction art biography informative reflective medium-paced
Sovereign City: The City-State Ancient and Modern by Geoffrey Parker

Sovereign City: The City-State Ancient and Modern

Geoffrey Parker

352 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

history adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World by Deb Chachra

How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World

Deb Chachra

308 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction politics science technology informative medium-paced
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
The Architecture of Happiness
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Alain de Botton

The Architecture of Happiness

Alain de Botton

280 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction art design philosophy informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

Colin Dickey

10 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history dark slow-paced
City Beasts: Fourteen Stories of Uninvited Wildlife by Mark Kurlansky

City Beasts: Fourteen Stories of Uninvited Wildlife

Mark Kurlansky

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery

Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

Charles Montgomery

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction design challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Art of Japanese Architecture: History / Culture / Design by David Young, Michiko Young

The Art of Japanese Architecture: History / Culture / Design

David Young, Michiko Young

176 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective relaxing medium-paced
Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West by Judith Nies

Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West

Judith Nies

292 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

Annalee Newitz

8 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective medium-paced