Spatial (In) Justice

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How Does It Manifest in the Built Environment?

Adnan Morshed (Catholic University of America)

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John Wiley & Sons Inc
05 April 2026

Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Social issues & processes; Political activism

Explores how spatial justice shapes equitable, empowering, and inclusive experiences

In an era increasingly defined by questions of equity and inclusion, Spatial (In) Justice: How Does It Manifest in the Built Environment? offers a vital, global interrogation of how architecture and planning impact the lived experiences of marginalized communities. Edited by Adnan Zillur Morshed, this timely volume brings together contributions from 33 leading thinkers and practitioners—architects, planners, scholars, and academics—who reflect on the ethical and philosophical responsibilities of those who shape space.

Rather than offering simplistic answers or prescriptive solutions, this book explores the complex and often contradictory ways justice is interpreted and enacted through space. The essays examine built projects from around the world to ask whether design can foster dignity, hope, and community empowerment—and how design education must evolve to foreground these values. The contributing authors grapple with the mechanisms through which spatial practices can exclude, disempower, or uplift, addressing topics ranging from justice in the city to the politics of community engagement. Throughout the book, the essays advance a critical pedagogy of design—one that scrutinizes how space organizes power and shapes human possibility.

Contributors (in alphabetical order):

Annmarie Adams

Esra Akcan

Glenn Albrecht

Thomas Barrie

Tom Beaudoin

Bryan Bell

Julio Bermudez

Prem Chandavarkar

Howard Davis

Kim Dovey

Andrew Freear

Tammy Gaber

Megan Gee

Iqbal Habib

Adam Hart

Aseem Inam

Kathleen James-Chakraborty

Mark Jarzombek

Khondaker Hasibul Kabir

Pamela Karimi

Fernando Lara

Yasmeen Lari

Paco Mejias Villatoro

Jason Montgomery

Donghwan Moon

Adnan Zillur Morshed

Dahlia Nduom

Susan Piedmont-Palladino

Sharon Prince

Katie Swenson

Marina Tabassum

Diane Rhyu Taylor

Junjie Xi

Edited by: Adnan Morshed (Catholic University of America)
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
ISBN: 9781394294664
ISBN 10: 1394294662
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 05 April 2026
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Adnan Zillur Morshed is an architect, architectural historian, urban theorist, and professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at The Catholic University of America. He is the Founder-Director of the Centre for Inclusive Architecture and Urbanism (Ci+AU) at BRAC University, a Fulbright Specialist (2021–2025), and a TEDx speaker. His publications and research focus on global architectural history, spatial justice, histories of water and the built environment, ecological urbanism, and urban poverty. Morshed is the author of multiple books, including Impossible Heights: Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder (University Minnesota Press, 2015), DAC: Dhaka in Twenty-Five Buildings (Altrim Publishers, 2017), and Dhaka Delirium (Altrim Publishers, 2023), has held fellowships at the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, and was featured in the documentary Louis Kahn’s Tiger City.