L.A. under the Influence: The Hidden Logic of Urban Property
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
L.A. under the Influence: The Hidden Logic of Urban Property
By (Author) Roger Sherman
Foreword by R.E. Somol
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
26th June 2009
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Urban and municipal planning and policy
720.979494
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 216mm, Height 216mm, Spine 13mm
Description
Through a series of case studies in Los Angeles, Sherman applies game theory to scrutinize the behavior of intersecting private and public interests, revealing an alternative logic of architectural composition. Making extensive use of diagrams, photographs, and a range of negotiation models employed within game theory, including pecking order, negotiated access, multilateral exchange, and tit for tat, he identifies the characteristic features and behaviors of this new spatial logic.
Author Bio
Roger Sherman is director of Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design and adjunct associate professor of architecture and urban design at UCLA, where he also is codirector of cityLAB, a think tank studying contemporary urbanism and its implications for architecture.
