Bringing together more than a hundred photographs made between 2001 and 2004, this book treats the contemporary city as an open laboratory: a work in progress, a backdrop for the stories of writers and filmmakers, an ideal testing ground for architectural experimentation, and a border territory par excellence. Shot across a range of different cities rather than a single location, it extends Basilico's long-running inquiry into urban space into the new century. The volume includes a conversation between Basilico, architect and urbanist Yona Friedman, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and architect Stefano Boeri, framed by an introductory essay from co-editor Angela Madesani.