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Writing about architecture: mastering the language of buildings and cities

By: Lange, Alexandra Contributor(s): Lee, Linda(Ed.)Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Princeton Architectural Press 2012Description: 192pISBN: 9781616890537DDC classification: 720.1/LAN

Contents:

Introduction: How To Be An Architecture Critic p.7, Chapter 1: Skyscrapers Lewis Mumford: "House Of Glass p.21," Skyscrapers As Superlatives p.29, Chapter 2: Museums Herbert Muschamp: "The Miracle In Bilbao" p.45, What Slhould A Musen Be? p.58, Chapter 3: Landmarks Michael Sorkin: " Save The Whitney" p.71, What's Worth Preserving p.77, Chapter 4: Monuments Charles W. Moore: "You Have To Pay For The Public Life" (ExcerptI p.93, Searching For A Center p.105, Chapter 5: Parks Frederick Law Olmsted: "Public Parks And The Enlargement Of Towns" (Excerpt) p.121, Landscape Is More Than A Lawn p.134, Chapter 6: Cities Jane Jacobs: The De Ath And Life Of Great A Merican Cities (Excerpt) p.147, Criticism From The Ground Up p.159, Conclusion: More Than One Way To Skin A Building p.175, Acknowledgments p.181, Image Key p.183, Sources p.187, Index p.192.

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Introduction: How To Be An Architecture Critic p.7, Chapter 1: Skyscrapers Lewis
Mumford: "House Of Glass p.21," Skyscrapers As Superlatives p.29, Chapter 2:
Museums Herbert Muschamp: "The Miracle In Bilbao" p.45, What Slhould A Musen Be?
p.58, Chapter 3: Landmarks Michael Sorkin: " Save The Whitney" p.71, What's Worth
Preserving p.77, Chapter 4: Monuments Charles W. Moore: "You Have To Pay For The
Public Life" (ExcerptI p.93, Searching For A Center p.105, Chapter 5: Parks Frederick
Law Olmsted: "Public Parks And The Enlargement Of Towns" (Excerpt) p.121,
Landscape Is More Than A Lawn p.134, Chapter 6: Cities Jane Jacobs: The De Ath

And Life Of Great A Merican Cities (Excerpt) p.147, Criticism From The Ground Up
p.159, Conclusion: More Than One Way To Skin A Building p.175, Acknowledgments
p.181, Image Key p.183, Sources p.187, Index p.192.

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