This is the most beautiful and most moral city in the world

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Leon Battista Alberti’s De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) is one of the foundational texts of Western architectural theory — but what does Alberti’s vision of the “perfect city” mean today? In this video, we explore how Alberti’s Renaissance humanism shaped an ideal urban environment based on proportion, civic virtue, beauty, and harmony with nature.

Then we put that vision in direct conversation with modern urbanism, the rise of the International Style, and the growing monotony of today’s global cities. Why do so many cities around the world look the same? Has architecture lost its sense of meaning and civic responsibility? And can Alberti offer us a way forward?

This video argues that Alberti’s perfect city is not a nostalgic dream, but a living critique of placeless glass towers and corporate skylines — and a blueprint for a more human future.