director, Future Cities Project; honorary research fellow, XJTLU, Suzhou, China; author, China’s Urban Revolution; series editor, Five Critical Essays.
Austin Williams is the author of several books, including Enemies of Progress: The Dangers of Sustainability, New Chinese Architecture: 20 Women Building the Future, and co-author of The Lure of the City: From Slums to Suburbs. He co-founded the mantownhuman manifesto and hosts the Professional Practice Podcasts.
He recently convened Shanghai Jiaotong University’s Urban Design summer school, and judged the World Architecture Festival China in Luzhou.
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