Book: ‘Urban Code’

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Lesson one: People walk in the sunshine. Lesson two: Street vendors are positioned according to the path of the sun. Ninety-eight additional maxims follow with illustrations and photos in Urban Code: 100 Lessons for Understanding the City by Anne Mikoleit and Moritz Pürckhauer. The architect and architecture professor from Zurich present results of a phenomenological investigation in New York City and describe what makes SoHo, SoHo. Inspired? Go forth and write your own city’s code. • $18.95; The MIT Press, October 2011

About the Author

Lindsey M. Roberts

Lindsey M. Roberts is a freelance writer outside of Seattle, specializing in interiors and design, and a former assistant managing editor at ARCHITECT. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Gray, Preservation, and The Washington Post, for which she writes a monthly column about products for the home.

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