The document summarizes key themes and ideas from an architecture course, including globalization, urbanization, transnational networks, agglomeration, sustainability, and a sense of place. It discusses how individual buildings and complexes are increasingly used as spectacles to promote cities globally and how urban space is contested and privatized.

1. Architectures/Los Angeles MPPA-DL 452 Session 7

24. Source: Stefan Kratke, “Global Media Cities” in The Global Cities Reader , p. 328

31. Olmsted’s parks were not natural, but they were “naturalistic” or “organic” in form. This form was seen as uplifting urban dwellers and addressing the social and psychological impacts of overcrowding.

45. 210 developments under construction or complete in the U.S. New Urbanism Seaside Kentlands Laguna West