Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Interdisciplinary Design and the Fate of Our Planet -- I. Living Urban Environments -- 1. Architecture and the Wealth of Regions -- 2. Sustaining Design: The Solar Decathlon Competitions -- 3. Twenty-First-Century Architecture -- 4. Architecture Has Left the Building: The Sustainable Sites Initiative -- 5. Making Territory: The Potential of Landscape Urbanism -- II. Lessons from Paul Cret, Ian McHarg, and George Mitchell -- 6. City Limits: Pioneer Plans in Austin -- 7. The Woodlands: The Ecological Design of a New City -- III. Emerging Urbanism in Texas -- 8. The Trinity River Corridor: Another Emerald Necklace or an Emerald Choker? -- 9. Making Limoncello from Lemons: The Blanton Museum of Art Plaza Design -- 10. True Urbanism: The Design of Performance Park in the Dallas Arts District -- 11. Legacies -- IV. New Regionalism in Texas and Beyond -- 12. The Green Heart of Texas -- 13. Envision Central Texas -- 14. The Texas Triangle Megaregion -- 15. New Regionalism -- V. Learning from Abroad -- 16. Environmental Readings: The Italian Design Tradition -- 17. Autumn Moon: Design and Planning in China -- VI. Learning from Disaster -- 18. In Search of a Fitting Tribute: The Flight 93 National Memorial -- 19. Resilient Foundations: Planning for the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina -- VII. Conclusion -- 20. The Sedimentation of Our Minds: Prospects for New Design Thinking -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.