In his final episode (pre-recorded prior to entering seminary), Urban Hannon is joined by Nathaniel Gotcher and special guest Prof. Philip Bess, for a discussion about the theological and philosophical foundations of urbanism—and how we should think about urban form.

Prof. Philip Bess is a Professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. You may read Prof. Bess’s full academic profile here.

Bibliography

Philip Bess, Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred (2006)
Professor Bess’s “Notre Dame Plan of Chicago”: https://afterburnham.com/
Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago
- Supplemental information about the Burnham Plan
Nolli Map of Rome
Nathaniel Gotcher, “Urbanism and the Common Good” (The Josias)

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