City Transformed celebrates the movement known as "new urbanism", certain to be an increasingly powerful element in world architecture in this century. It highlights a selection of key projects, dating from the 1990s to the millennium and beyond, in cities as diverse and dynamic as Berlin, Seattle, Miami, Kyoto, Lisbon, Genoa, Dublin, London, New York, Shanghai, Rotterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Bilbao, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Barcelona, and Paris -- each of which exemplify the renaissance of the urban ideal and the rebirth of an architectural program. Divided into four sections -- Healing the City. Extending the City, Cities in Motion, and Culture and the City -- it illustrates in 300 full-color and black-and-white photographs, architectural renderings, and models, as well as through fascinating text how architects and planners are currently repairing damaged cities, managing growth, innovatively addressing transportation issues, and building cultural resources. As enlightening as it is optimistic, this vibrant look at today's ever-changing urban areas displays the work of some of the most imaginative and foreword-looking architects of our time as it promotes a vision of city life that is hopeful, exciting, and increasingly rewarding.