Rob Imrie was previously Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths University of London and retains a Visiting Professorship there. He has published widely on issues relating to architecture, urban design, and urban politics and regeneration.

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• Introduction: The Omnipresent Nature of BuildingThe Significance of Building and ConstructionBuilding and the Construction StateSpeculation and Building BoomsDisruption, Displacement and DispossessionDemolition: Wasting the City and Teardown BuildingWhy Building More Housing Won’t WorkBuilding That Matters to PeopleConstructing for Species SurvivalBuilding and Construction That Cares

Rob Imrie was previously Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths University of London and retains a Visiting Professorship there. He has published widely on issues relating to architecture, urban design, and urban politics and regeneration.

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• Introduction: The Omnipresent Nature of BuildingThe Significance of Building and ConstructionBuilding and the Construction StateSpeculation and Building BoomsDisruption, Displacement and DispossessionDemolition: Wasting the City and Teardown BuildingWhy Building More Housing Won’t WorkBuilding That Matters to PeopleConstructing for Species SurvivalBuilding and Construction That Cares

Rob Imrie was previously Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths University of London and retains a Visiting Professorship there. He has published widely on issues relating to architecture, urban design, and urban politics and regeneration.

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• Introduction: The Omnipresent Nature of BuildingThe Significance of Building and ConstructionBuilding and the Construction StateSpeculation and Building BoomsDisruption, Displacement and DispossessionDemolition: Wasting the City and Teardown BuildingWhy Building More Housing Won’t WorkBuilding That Matters to PeopleConstructing for Species SurvivalBuilding and Construction That Cares