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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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

David McCullough

608 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built - And How They Transformed the City by Christian Wolmar

Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built - And How They Transformed the City

Christian Wolmar

384 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history
The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access by David Gissen

The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access

David Gissen

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Accessible, Green and Fair by

Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Accessible, Green and Fair

152 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business politics
What Makes a Great City by Alexander Garvin

What Makes a Great City

Alexander Garvin

344 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced
Imaginary Cities by Darran Anderson

Imaginary Cities

Darran Anderson

576 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America's Public and Private Spaces by Hugh Howard

Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America's Public and Private Spaces

Hugh Howard

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

informative medium-paced
The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything

David Wengrow, David Graeber

704 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit by Thomas J. Sugrue

The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit

Thomas J. Sugrue

375 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects by Lewis Mumford

The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects

Lewis Mumford

784 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced