Building up and tearing down : reflections on the age of architecture / Paul Goldberger.
Publisher: New York : Monacelli Press, c2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 319 p. : ill ; 26 cmISBN: 9781580932646; 1580932649Subject(s): ArchitectureDDC classification: 720 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Articles originally published 1997-2009 in the New Yorker, the New York Times and Metropolis magazine.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Buildings that matter : Good vibrations ; High-tech bibliophilia ; Unconventional ; Seductive skins ; Spiraling upward ; Situation terminal ; Out of the blocks -- Places and people : Bringing back Havana ; Casino royale ; Forbidden cities ; Many mansions ; The Eames team ; House proud ; Eminent domain ; Toddlin' town -- New York : A helluva town ; Dior's new house ; Busy buildings ; High-tech emporiums ; Miami vice ; West Side fixer-upper ; Center stage ; The incredible hulk ; Triangulation ; Home ; Towers of Babble ; Gehry-rigged ; New York becomes like America ; A new beginning -- Present and past : Shanghai surprise ; Why Washington slept here ; Athens on the interstate ; A royal defeat ; Down at the mall ; Requiem -- Museums : The politics of building ; The people's Getty ; When in Rome ; Beaubourg grows up ; The supreme court ; Art houses ; A delicate balance ; Artistic license ; Outside the box ; Molto Piano ; Mile high ; Lenses on the lawn ; Bowery dreams ; Hello Columbus -- Ways of living : A touch of crass ; Part perfect ; Glass is the new white rock ; Some assembly required ; Homes of the stars ; Green monster ; Disconnected urbanism ; The sameness of things.
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