In writing this book, the authors are indebted to many people and institutions. In alphabetical order by country, our thanks go to about 15 different countries.

In Melbourne, Australia, Larissa Hjorth helped by providing a home at RMIT. Thanks also to Jesper for providing a perspective on life. There was also very useful discussion with Swinburne’s Dori Tunstall in December 2009 in Aalborg, Denmark, where Nicola Morelli hosted a dinner with Dori and Pirkko Raudaskoski. In Rio de Janeiro, Andrea and Marcelo Júdice were excellent hosts during and after the carnival season in February 2010. In Denmark, we need to first thank Nicola Morelli at Aalborg University. At the Aarhus School of Architecture, Peter Krogh, Jørgen Rasmussen, Martin Ludvigsen, and Andreas Lykke-Olesen helped us, as did Sofie Beck and Maiken Hillerup Fogtmann. At the University of Aarhus we need to thank Martin Brynskov, Olav Bert....