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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAbout the Guest-Editor 05
Alex Lifschutz
Introduction Long Life, Loose Fit, Low Energy 06
Alex Lifschutz
Back to the Future
The Everyday Built Environment in a Phase of Transition 18
John Habraken
Learning from the West Coast: Long-Termism and Change
An Interview with Stewart Brand 24
Peter Murray
NEUBAU
Flexible Self-Build Cities in Germany 30
Anne-Julchen Bernhardt and Jörg Leeser
Japanese Innovation in Adaptable Homes 38
Kazunobu Minami
Adaptability
A Low-Carbon Strategy 46
Simon Sturgis
Four Decades of Open Building Implementation
Realising Individual Agency in Architectural Infrastructures Designed to Last 54
Stephen Kendall
The Fetish of Flexibility
Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership, 125 Park Road, London 64
Edwin Heathcote
Flexible Architecture for Evolving Work Practices 68
Despina Katsikakis
System Separation
A Fitting Strategy for Future Development 76
Giorgio Macchi
Dead and Dying Shopping Malls, Re-Inhabited 84
Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson
Shaping Mexico City
Evolutionary Housing for Low-Income Urban Families 92
Andrea Martin and Jorge Andrade
Educational Innovation through Building Adaptation 96
Alexi Marmot
Revolution and Evolution
The Architectural Association 106
Clare Wright
Continuity and Change
Challenging the Disposable Chinese City 114
Renee Y Chow
Self-Build and Change
Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong 122
Ian Lambot
Designing Landscapes for Change
Albertopolis 130
Kim Wilkie
Counterpoint Mixing Up the Mediterranean Model
Architecture Amid Urban Flux 136
Luca Molinari
Contributors 142
