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The Language of Cities by Deyan Sudjic London Books Architectural historian Elain Harwood onWe live in a world that is now predominantly urban. So how do we define the city as it evolves in the twenty first century? Drawing examples from across the globe, Deyan Sudjic decodes the underlying forces that shape our cities, such as resources and land, to the ideas that shape conscious elements of design, whether of buildings or of space. Erudite and entertaining, he considers the differences between capital cities and the rest to understand why