The gift-giving of buildings is an overarching force of worldwide urbanization today. Corporate and personal philanthropy has been a vital and controversial agent in European and North American cities, while inhabitants of African, Asian, and South American cities are increasingly concerned about their social and technical infrastructure being overdependent on European, American, or Chinese donors. This event will reflect on the exhibition The Gift: Stories of Generosity and Violence in Architecture (Architekturmuseum der TUM, Munich). Curators, researchers, and students will discuss how uneven negotiations around the moral, temporal, and racial dynamics of gift-giving have shaped and continue to shape urbanization processes in four cities: East Palo Alto (USA), Skopje (Macedonia), Kumasi (Ghana), and Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).