| Description |
192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Architecture briefs series |
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Architecture briefs.
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| Contents |
Introduction : How to be an architecture critic -- Skyscrapers : House of glass / Lewis Mumford ; Skyscrapers as superlatives -- Museums : The miracle in Balbao / Herbert Muschamp ; What should a museum be? -- Landmarks : Save the Whitney / Michael Sorkin ; What's worth preserving? -- Monuments : You have to pay for the public life (excerpt) / Charles W. Moore ; Searching for a center -- Parks : Public parks and the enlargement of towns (excerpt) / Frederick Law Olmsted ; Landscape is more than a lawn -- Cities : The death and life of great American cities (excerpt) / Jane Jacobs ; Criticism from the ground up -- Conclusion : More than one way to skin a building |
| Summary |
A handbook on how to write effectively and critically about the contemporary city. The book offers works by some of the best architecture critics of the twentieth century including Ada Louise Huxtable, Lewis Mumford, Herbert Muschamp, Michael Sorkin, Charles Moore, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Jane Jacobs |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index |
| Subject |
Architectural criticism.
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| Author |
Lange, Jeremy M.
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| LC no. |
2011032750 |
| ISBN |
1616890533 (paperback) |
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9781616890537 (paperback) |
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