But true cities are dense, messy, uncontrolled and cosmopolitan – the opposite of garden cities or self-styled "office hubs".
Say, for example, you're a self-styled office despot.
After being introduced to the team at Nomadic VR, a small virtual reality startup founded by ex-Lucasfilm special effects wizards, I was outfitted with a headset and backpack gaming computer and left walking down the creepishly quiet hallway of a virtual noir-styled office building.
It was filmed in a vintage New York-styled office before Knowles' baby bump started showing.
In neighbourhoods where reconstruction has filled in Blitz-cleared spaces, incongruously styled houses or offices stick out like sore, war-bloodied thumbs.
Those conversations are undoubtedly going on in Chairman Whitacre's office, even as newly styled Chevy Camaros and hybrid GMC trucks and SUV's roll into dealerships.
The event, being held at the DreamWorks Animation SKG office in Glendale, Calif., is being styled like an auction.
Wearing heels and a smart trouser suit, her hair elaborately styled, she was sitting at a desk in the office, filling out forms to be taken to the project's headquarters, a large NGO on the other side of the city.
Kiley was styled "commissioner", revealing the US influence on the then new office of London mayor.
1. Red pointed-toe shoes, £59.99, zara.com 2. Green BB satin court shoes, £440, Manolo Blahnik, 020 7352 3863 3. Bright-pink Godiva style, £365, Sergio Rossi, 020 7811 5950 4. Orange suede heels, £65, office.co.uk 5. Blue pointed-toe heels, £58, topshop.com Styled by Emma Akbareian Photograph by Arthur Woodcroft Set design: Kerry Hughes.
Their firm, now 11 years old, is styled after talent agencies like Creative Artists, with which it shares Century City's newest office tower.
