With housing developments bordering dairy farms, office parks adjoining urban centers, and New Urbanism projects flanking strip malls, it is difficult to demarcate suburban, urban, and rural. In their article, "Divided We Sprawl," Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley suggest that we shed these divides and imagine ourselves as part of a metropolitan whole.

How are global cities formed? This seminar examines the conflicting architectures of global cities formed through processes linked to war (territorialization), trade (capitalism) and desire (the human psyche). We will examine current trends and forecasts for cities within a global context mired in historical conflicts as well as new uncertainties and risks.