City Design

John Heskett wants to transform the way we think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, and the car we drive to work in, to the medical equipment used to save lives. Design combines "need" and "desire" in the form of a practical object that can also reflect the user's identity and aspirations through its form and decoration. This concise guide to contemporary design goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalize objects.

Segregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting in the early 20th century, cities have used their power of land use control to determine the location and availability of housing, amenities (such as parks), and negative land uses (such as garbage dumps). The result has been segregation - first within cities and more recently between them. 

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Graffiti as Architecture is a groundbreaking audiobook that reveals graffiti as a serious spatial language rather than a surface decoration or rebellious afterthought. Moshe Katz shows how the graffiti artist already thinks like an architect: using line...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Most books about architecture teach you how to see buildings. This book teaches you how to see cities. Below the Surface: Berlin's U2 - Hidden Architecture* is an immersive journey beneath Berlin's streets, revealing an invisible layer of the city that...

We Built This City, a new Mudlark book, full description to follow when available...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. POP-UP ARCHITECTURE is an energetic and contemporary audiobook about the temporary city, the city that appears, activates, gathers, transforms, and disappears. Moshe Katz challenges the belief that architecture matters only when it lasts. He shows that...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Futuristic Architecture is a visionary audiobook about the spaces humanity will need next. Moshe Katz looks beyond the familiar image of future cities as glass towers, machines, and spectacle, and asks a deeper question: how can architecture help people...