4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner's 2023 account of why large projects go over budget and schedule — and what the rare successful megaprojects have in common — covering the Pixar method, modularity, and thinking from the right to the left.
American-Canadian journalist and activist who challenged the urban renewal orthodoxy of the 1950s-60s, defending the organic complexity of existing urban neighborhoods over planned redevelopment.
New York City's unelected 'master builder' who shaped the physical landscape of New York for four decades — documented in Robert Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography The Power Broker as the archetypal study of unaccountable bureaucratic power.
Exhibition catalog and essay collection from the 2007 MoMA exhibition reassessing Robert Moses's legacy — presenting multiple perspectives on his contributions and his methods.