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Win a Copy of Urban Acupuncture by Visionary Urbanist Jaime Lerner

25 copies of Jaime Lerner’s new book will be given away

October 8, 2014

This giveaway is now closed. The winners are Bhavi Mehta, Malika Soin, Erik Dizon, Matthew Marshall, Robertson Laurel, Courtney Meador, Matt Parr, Kate Layte, Christy Batta, Pouya Ahmadi, William Pan, Heather Van Essen, Sarah Lippek, Jeffrey Woodruff, Tom Zetek, Elizabeth Kelley. Jessica Skiazoura, Michael Hyneman, Judy Hsu, Chris Brown, Michael Castle, Bill Hartz, Jamie Kakleas, Alex Cohn, and Naz Kalipci. 

We’re giving away 25 (yes, 25!) copies of architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner’s groundbreaking Urban Acupuncture (Island Press, September 2014), now available in English translation. Enter to win through Tuesday, October 14, 2014, 11:59 PM (EST). Details below.

During his three terms as mayor of Curitiba, Brazil in the 1970s and ’80s, Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a model of sustainable living. From its pioneering Bus Rapid Transit system to parks that minimize flooding and city zones reserved for pedestrians, Lerner has been the visionary behind a host of innovative urban projects. In Urban Acupuncture, he celebrates initiatives (“pinpricks of change”) from cities around the world that uplift their communities, from Barcelona’s bustling La Boqueria market to Seoul’s revitalized Cheonggyecheon River.

 

Cover of Urban Acupuncture: Celebrating Pinpricks of Change that Enrich City Life, by Jaime Lerner, 2014 (Island Press). 5.25 x 8.125 inches, hardcover, 160 pages pages, full color, 42 photographs, 3 illustrations 

From Island Press: “Lerner invites us to re-examine the true building blocks of vibrant communities—the tree-lined avenues, night vendors, and songs and traditions that connect us to our cities and to one another.

Urban Acupuncture is the first of Jaime Lerner’s visionary work to be published in English. It is a love letter to the elements that make a street hum with life or a neighborhood feel like home, penned by one of the world’s most successful advocates for sustainable and livable urbanism.”

ASLA’s The Dirt reviewed Jaime Lerner's book, writing "one of the most influential urban leaders of our time, has written down all of his hard-earned wisdom about the city in one slim yet rich volume, Urban Acupuncture. This set of musings, a translation of the original Brazilian Portuguese book, pulls you in with its natural, intimate tone; it’s like you are sitting and having a conversation with Lerner over a glass of wine in a cafe in Curitiba….one of the most intriguing recent books on the city.”

In conjunction with the book’s publication, Jaime Lerner will tour eight U.S. cities. Details. He appears at the Museum of the City of New York on October 15.

Enter the drawing to win a copy of Urban Acupuncture:

Win a copy of Urban Acupuncture by Jaime Lerner

The drawing ends Tuesday, October 14, 11:59 PM (EST).

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