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97 — Richard Rogers' Reith Lecture — Cities for a Small Planet

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The City Hasn't Had It All It's Own Way

The first architect on a reflextur, to the best my knowledge, least fact checkery. A lot of it's political, although i would say perhaps the political bits are less interesting. He identifies social alienation and environmental degradation as his most pressing problems. The return to something like the dense, compact, walkable city combined also with the very best of twentieth century technology is the way to the best possible future for humanity.

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