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AlbertPope's1996seminalbookLaddersisnowavailableinasecondedition.Consideredaclassicinthefieldofurbanismandoneofourmostrequestedoutofprinttitles,Pope'sprovocativestudyoffivepost-warAmericancitiesexaminesthefor
作者简介
AlbertPopeistheGusSessionsWorthamProfessorofArchitecture.Heteachesintheschool'sUndergraduateandGraduateProgramandiscurrentlythedirectoroftheschool’sPresent/Futureprogram.ProfessorPopeholdsdegreesfromSCI-ArcandPrinceton,andtaughtatYaleUniversityandSCI-ArcbeforecomingtoRice.HisdesignworkhasreceivednumerousawardsincludingnationalandregionalawardsbytheAmericanInstituteofArchitectsaswellasadesigncitationfromProgressiveArchitecture.HeistherecipientofnumerousgrantsfromawidevarietyoffundingagenciesincludingtheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsandtheShellCenterforSustainability.Heistheauthorofthebook-lengthstudyofthepostwarAmericanCity,Ladders,recentlyreissuedinasecondedition(PrincetonArchitecturalPress,1997,2015).ProfessorPopehaswrittenandlecturedextensivelyonthebroadimplicationsofpost-warurbandevelopment.Hiscurrentresearchaddressestheurbanimplicationsofclimatechange.Heisactivelyworkingontheformulationofnewmodelsofdensityinlightoftheextraordinarydemandssoontobeplacedontheglobalurbanenvironment.
