TY - GEN AU - Wright, Herbert TI - Instant cities SN - 9781906155346 U1 - 307.76 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Blackdog Publishing KW - N1 - CONTENTS Introduction 6 Growth/Masterplan 12 Abuja 28 Astana 32 Kinshasa 40 Siberia as Analogous Territory 44 Utopia/Dystopia 52 Cumbernauld 66 Dhavari 72 Thames Town 76 12 Ultimate Critical Steps to Sudden Urban Success 80 Fantasy/Reality 84 The Metabolists 100 Second Life 106 The Explosion of Space: Architecture and the Filmic Imaginary 110 Nuclear/Distributed 122 Atlanta 136 Moscow City 142 Stapleton 144 Exopolis: The Restructuring of the Urban Form 148 Nomadic/Rooted 156 Dubai Metro 168 Beijing Airport 172 Somali Refugees in Eastleigh, Nairobi 176 Global/Local 182 New Songdo City 196 Tokyo 200 (De)construction in (Post)socialist Europe: Continuous and Variable Use of Spaces and Methods 204 Humanity/Environment 208 Rizhao 220 Arcosanti 224 Elevation Five and the Future of Green 228 Further Reading 230 ER -