Mysteries of the Mall and Other Essays
Autor Witold Rybczynskien Limba Engleză Paperback
A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes
In Mysteries of the Mall, Witold Rybczynski, the author of How Architecture Works, casts a seasoned critical eye on the modern scene. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting of our metropolitan world.
In thirty-four discerning essays, Rybczynski ranges over topics as varied as shopping malls, Central Park, the Op ra Bastille, and America's shrinking cities. Along the way, he examines our post-9/11 obsession with security, the revival of the big-city library, the rise of college towns, our fascination with vacation homes, and Disney's planned community of Celebration. By looking at contemporary architects as diverse as Frank Gehry, Moshe Safdie, and Bing Thom, revisiting old masters such as Palladio, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright, and considering such unsung innovators as Stanley H. Durwood, the inventor of the cineplex, Rybczynski ponders the role of global metropolises in an age of tourism and reflects on what kinds of places attract us in the modern city.
Mysteries of the Mall is required reading for anyone curious about the contemporary world and how it came to be the way it is.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0374538093
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Cuprins
Part One: The Way We Live Today
Mysteries of the Mall
Godfathers of Sprawl
Big-City Amenities. Trees. High-Tech Jobs. Cappuccino. Retirement Paradise. Nose Rings
Designs for Escape
Tomorrowland
Thoughts on Home
Part Two: Our Urban Condition
Tocqueville, Urban Critic
We're All Venetians Now
Downtown
Bauhaus Blunders
Downsizing Cities
The Fifth City
Bollard Burg
New York's Rumpus Room
Why We Need Olmsted Again
Part Three: The Art of Building
A Distinguished Failure
Show Dogs
When Buildings Try Too Hard
The Unreal America
The Story King
A Good Public Building
A Blight at the Opera
Sounds as Good as It Looks
The Biggest Small Buildings
Palladio in the Rough
Part Four: Place Makers
The Master
Corbu
Why Wright Endures
Call Arup
Mr. Success
The Unfettered Eclectic
A Humble Architect
The Zen Master
The Smart Man from Hollywood