The Unplanned City

David Knight and Finn Williams ask, "what can we build without planning?" Turns out that a lot of things get built without process, from building extensions to temporary structures.

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September 21, 2010, 2:00 PM PDT

By Tim Halbur

The authors of SUB-PLAN: A Guide to Permitted Development ask, "are the implications of minor development more significant than planners imagine?"

For Geogh Manaugh at BLDGBLOG, the real question that arises from Knight and Williams' book is how one could exploit this range of freedom to create interesting architecture:

"What future DIY architectures have yet to arise around us-and when will we set about constructing them?"

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