CU2: Combinatory Urbanism 2 : The Complex Behavior of Collective Form

Cutting-edge�urban proposals from Thom Mayne, one of architecture's most celebrated and controversial practitioners. For the past five decades Thom Mayne and his firm, Morphosis, have been engaged with projects that exist in the hybrid space between architecture and urban planning.�This volume, the long-awaited follow-up to Mayne's seminal book Combinatory Urbanism from 2011,�presents�fourteen�urban projects-from Paris and Vienna to Chengdu, China-that show in detail why Mayne and Morphosis stay on the�cutting edge�of architecture and urban planning.�Spectacular models and compelling graphics�accompany�innovative diagrams and descriptions of projects ranging from public housing in Madrid�to�regional planning for a high-speed rail system for�Cangzhou.�Both a manifesto on urbanism and a comprehensive presentation of Morphosis urban design projects, this book fills a void in the world of architectural and urban design publications.