This event will see James Brearley and Steve Whitford, authors of Designing Networks Cities, in discussion with Professor Kim Dovey. The book is a ground-breaking manifesto, providing theoretical insights and practical tools for shaping the future of urban design. Springing from a designers’ perspective, this is a reinvention of the entrenched blunt instruments of city-making. Framed by theoretical propositions, and urban precedents, the sixteen-step methodology makes this book a sharp and powerful teaching aid for students and an indispensable guide for professionals.

Speakers

James Brearley leads the multi-disciplinary design practice B.A.U., with offices in Shanghai and Melbourne. James is an award-winning architect, landscape architect and urban designer and has led successful teams in numerous international design competitions.

Steve Whitford is a former director of Cocks Carmichael Whitford Architects. He later taught at the University of Melbourne whilst researching intersections between Deleuze, the complexity sciences, the sublime, and urbanism. He became a partner at B.A.U. in 2010.

Professor Kim Dovey is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Director of the Informal Urbanism Research Hub, University of Melbourne.

The book is available for purchase via Bookshop by Uro.