CLOTHES ARE OUR FIRST ENVIRONMENT. ARCHITECTURE IS OUR SECOND. LIKE CLOTHES, CITIES ARE DESIGNED TO BE LIVED IN. THEY BEAR THE FAMILIARITY OF DAILY USE AND THE BEAUTIFUL YET HUMBLING PATINA OF TIME. THEY HOLD THE THREADS OF MANY INTERSECTING LIVES, EACH INTERWOVEN INTO A RICH MELANGE OF TEXTURE - A TAPESTRY OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE. THE CITY IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR VITALITY AND PLURALITY. HERE IN THIS VOLUME, AN ODE TO THE QUOTIDIAN BEAUTY OF CITY LIFE FROM NEW YORK TO SHANGHAI.