Book Review: Urban Design Education: Designing Pedagogy for an Evolving Field

Abstract

Urban Design Education: Designing Pedagogy for an Evolving Field by Hesam Kamalipour and Nastaran Peimani addresses a persistent gap in urban design scholarship. Since it emerged as a distinct field in the 1950s, urban design has generated extensive debate about its definition, scope, and position between architecture and planning. Yet while definitional discussions have proliferated, systematic attention to urban design pedagogy has remained largely confined to academic circles, circulating through annual workshops and conferences but rarely translated into comprehensive pedagogical frameworks. This book marks a significant intervention by shifting attention from what urban design is to its pedagogy: how urban design should be taught.