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Martin Pawley

Martin Pawley has edited Building Design and World Architecture and writes a weekly column in the Architects' Journal. His books include Theory and Design in the Second Machine Age and 20th Century Architecture: a readers’ guide.

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The war against the car

The love affair between the city and cars is an illusion of the age. In fact, they are at war: an elephant and an army of ants. Cars rescue people from cities, offering a way of escape from urban concentration – to the freedom of low-density living.

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