Stefan Al Editor & Author

Stefan Al is a Dutch architect, urban designer, and an associate professor of urban design at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. In an international career to date, he has worked as a practicing architect on renowned projects suchas the 2,000-foot high Canton Tower in Guangzhou, the preservation of world heritage in Latin America at theWorld Heritage Center of UNESCO, and an 11,000-acre new eco-friendly city in India. AlAEs research focuses on theevolution of urban form from a global perspective. His articles have been published in the Handbook of ArchitecturalTheory, Urban China , and other publications. He has edited the book Factory Towns of South China and is currentlywriting a book on Las Vegas entitled The Strip .