Against Urbanism

Explores the challenges that cities must confront in the near future

About the author

Born in Palermo in 1950, Franco La Cecla is a renowned anthropologist and architect. He has taught anthropology in many European and Italian cities such as Palermo, Venice, Verona, Paris, and Barcelona. He has worked as a consultant for the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and for Barcelona Regional. In 2005 he founded the Architecture Social Impact Assessment, ASIA, an agency that evaluates the social impact of architectural and city planning projects. In addition, he has created several documentaries, one of which, In Altro Mare (In Another Sea) won the Best Coastal Culture Film award at the 2010 San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. His book Against Architecture is an international bestseller.

Product details

• Authors: Franco La Cecla, Franco La Cecla
• Assisted by: O'Mahony Mairin (Translation), Mairin O'Mahony (Translation), O'Mahony Mairin (Translation)
• Publisher: PM Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2020
• EAN: 9781629632353
• ISBN: 978-1-62963-235-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 190 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 127 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture