03071nam 2200613 a 450 991045172800332120200520144314.00-8166-9101-0(CKB)1000000000346920(EBL)310551(OCoLC)171126745(SSID)ssj0000284320(PQKBManifestationID)11257208(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284320(PQKBWorkID)10268799(PQKB)10595660(MiAaPQ)EBC310551(OCoLC)133167174(MdBmJHUP)muse39869(Au-PeEL)EBL310551(CaPaEBR)ebr10151259(CaONFJC)MIL522609(EXLCZ)99100000000034692020010427d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSome assembly required[electronic resource] /Michael SorkinMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20011 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3483-1 0-8166-3482-3 Contents; Introduction; Part I. Cities/Places; Eleven Tasks for Urban Design; Branding Space; Times Square: Status Quo Vadis; Round and Round; Cranes over TriBeCa; Big Deal; A Passage through India; Instrumental Cities; Containing Cairo; Second Nature; Millennium in Vegas; Acting Urban; Notes on Vibe; Phoenix Rising; Remembering the Future; Part II. Architects/Buildings; Animating Space; Siza the Day; The Borders of Islamic Architecture; Filming Wright; Inside the Biosphere; Come and Getty; Habitat and After; MOR Is Less; Far, Far AwAIA; Amazing Archigram; Admitting the FoldForms of AttachmentAirport 98; No Sex Please, We're British; How French Is It?; Upstairs, Downstairs; Part III. Misfits; Container Riff; Family Values; The Second Greatest Generation; War Is Swell; Genius Loco: A Success Story; Publication InformationMichael 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.City planningNew townsSustainable architectureElectronic books.City planning.New towns.Sustainable architecture.720/.47Sorkin Michael1948-34187MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451728003321Some assembly required2259595UNINA