Patterns

Cities of the World.

...while every place is unique, the systems of urban design work similarly from place to place. This is why places can be compared, and lessons learned, despite the "fact" that every place is "unique." When "uniqueness" is used as an excuse to not be able to compare "different" places it is merely an excuse for mediocrity. I was also thinking about "battles" over the years, when proponents of various projects would argue that exceptions from basic urban design principles were in order, for whatever reasons.

Good sense.