Videos: Alain De Botton - 'How to Make an Attractive City', and 'The Ruin of London'

Originally shared: Wednesday 30 November 2016

Though obviously London centric the following videos presented by Alain De Botton are saliant views of city planning and some of the huge errors that have been incurred in recent years and how to mitigate such errors.

Alain De Botton: 'How to Make an Attractive City' - We've grown good at making many things in the modern world - but strangely the art of making attractive cities has been lost. Here are some key principles for how to make attractive cities once again

Alain de Botton: 'The Ruin of London' - London's skyline was for decades protected by regulations governing the heights of buildings in the historic core. These regulations have now been torn up, and an unprecedented tower building-boom has been unleashed.