JANE JACOBS

JANE JACOBS AMERICAN-CANADIAN WRITER AND ACTIVIST WITH PRIMARY INTEREST IN COMMUNITIES AND URBAN PLANNING AND DECAY. SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES (1961), A POWERFUL CRITIQUE OF THE URBAN RENEWAL POLICIES OF THE 1950S IN THE UNITED STATES. JACOBS IS EQUALLY WELL KNOWN FOR ORGANIZING GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO BLOCK URBAN-RENEWAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE DESTROYED LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

12.412 WANG SHU

WANG SHU CHINESE ARCHITECT BASED IN HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE. IN 2012 WANG SHU BECAME THE FIRST CHINESE ARCHITECT TO WIN THE PRITZKER PRIZE. WANG SHU CHOSE TO LIVE IN HANGZHOU FOR THE CITY'S NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND ANCIENT TRADITION OF ART. HIS ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS "OPENING NEW HORIZONS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME RESONATES WITH PLACE AND MEMORY". WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.