For an Urban Renaissance: How can we tackle the major urban challenges of the 21st century ?

by Guy Courtois, Léon Krier (Preface), Florian Pourcel (Contributor)

480 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2026

Reviews

[Alain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very important book that maps where the urban planning profession needs to go in this complex age of high housing need, the necessity to build very high volumes of dwellings, and the types of places we are left with. It is a long-overdue cry for a return to traditional, ornamental styles of architecture and the tossing away of the Modernist deceptions of minimalism and the "of-our-time" fiction that only foists ugliness and placelessness on our cities.
Highly recommended.