# The Imperfect City

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- Book: [The Imperfect City](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-goldberger/the-imperfect-city) ([The Imperfect City.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-goldberger/the-imperfect-city.md))
- Authors: [Paul Goldberger](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-goldberger)
- Publisher: knopf
- ISBN: 978-05-9353-651-3
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2026-11-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A Pulitzer Prize–winning architectural critic explores how modern cities thrive when urban planning leaves room for happy accidents and innovations. “A city is not a symphony, composed as...