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Michael Sorkin is widely hailed as one of the best architecture critics writing today. Iconoclastic and often controversial, he is a witty, entertaining, yet ultimately serious writer. In this new collection, Sorkin reviews the state of contemporary architecture and surveys the dramatic changes in the urban environment of the past decade. From New York to New Delhi, from Shanghai to Cairo, Sorkin offers a sweeping assessment of the impact of globalization, environmental degradation, electronic media, rapid growth, and the legacies of modernist planning. Whether laying out, manifesto-like, eleven necessary tasks for urban design, providing a fresh take on the Disneyfication of Times Square, grappling with sprawl, or blasting the nostalgic prescriptions of "new urbanist" communities (which he dubs "Reaganville"), Sorkin makes a compelling argument for an architecture and urbanism firmly grounded in both artistic expression and social purpose.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. vii-xii
- Part I. Cities/Places
- Branding Space
- pp. 10-12
- Times Square: Status Quo Vadis
- pp. 13-15
- Round and Round
- pp. 16-20
- Cranes over TriBeCa
- pp. 21-23
- A Passage through India
- pp. 29-37
- Instrumental Cities
- pp. 38-44
- Containing Cairo
- pp. 45-53
- Second Nature
- pp. 54-58
- Millennium in Vegas
- pp. 59-63
- Acting Urban
- pp. 64-69
- Notes on Vibe
- pp. 70-77
- Phoenix Rising
- pp. 78-85
- Remembering the Future
- pp. 86-90
- Part II. Architects/Buildings
- Animating Space
- pp. 93-103
- Siza the Day
- pp. 104-108
- The Borders of Islamic Architecture
- pp. 109-115
- Filming Wright
- pp. 116-120
- Inside the Biosphere
- pp. 121-125
- Come and Getty
- pp. 126-130
- Habitat and After
- pp. 131-136
- MOR Is Less
- pp. 137-141
- Far, Far AwAIA
- pp. 142-144
- Amazing Archigram
- pp. 145-149
- Admitting the Fold
- pp. 150-155
- Forms of Attachment
- pp. 156-160
- Airport 98
- pp. 161-166
- No Sex Please, We're British
- pp. 167-172
- How French Is It?
- pp. 173-177
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- pp. 178-182
- Part III. Misfits
- Container Riff
- pp. 185-190
- Family Values
- pp. 191-208
- The Second Greatest Generation
- pp. 209-214
- War Is Swell
- pp. 215-230
- Genius Loco: A Success Story
- pp. 231-248
- Publication Information
- pp. 249-250
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816691012
Related ISBN(s)
9780816634835
MARC Record
OCLC
133167174
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No