Introductions XII Davide Croff XIV Richard Burdett City-building in an age of global urban transformation 3 City-building in an age of global urban transformation Why cities matter 27 Why cities matter Viewpoints: Architecture and the city 54 IhakiAbalos 56 Josep Acebillo 58 Robert Bruegmann 60 David Chipperfield 62 Norman Foster 64 Massimiliano Fuksas 66 Zaha Hadid 68 Stefan Hertmans 70 Jacques Herzog 72 Anish Kapoor 74 Rem Koolhaas 76 JoelKotkin 78 Leon Krier 80 PaulRobbrecht 82 Richard Rogers 84 Denise Scott Brown 86 Richard Sennet City profiles 97 Sao Paulo 107 Caracas 117 Bogota 127 Mexico City 137 Los Angeles 149 New York City 159 Cairo 169 Johannesburg 181 Istanbul 191 Milan and Turin 203 Berlin 213 London 223 Barcelona 233 Tokyo 243 Mumbai 253 Shanghai Exhibition collaborators 264 Installation Concept: Cibic & Partners 265 Urban Age/Alfred Herrhausen Society 266 Art Direction: Fragile 267 Neutral Urban Research 270 The Berlage Istitute 276 C Photo Magazine 282 Domus 288 ETH Studio Basel 294 IUAV 300 M.I.T. SENSEableCity Laboratory 306 OMA-AMO 312 Royal College of Art 316 Shrinking Cities 324 Universidad Iberoamericana, School of Architecture 330 The University of Texas at Austin 336 UDRI 342 Architecture Foundation and MoMA 343 Macrourbanistica DPA, Politecnico di Milano 345 Workshop. Shaping the city of the future: boundaries and connections 346 Workshop. Sustainable mobility in meta-cities 347 Conference. Engineers and architects planning the future of the city Architectures for cities 350 Architectures for cities