Death by Design at Alcatraz

Anthony Poon, AIA, is an award-winning architect, mixed-media artist, and classically trained musician. His Los Angeles company, Poon Design Inc., has completed over 300 buildings. Anthony received his degrees from Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley.

• prologue The Architect Who Couldn’t Fly 13chapter 1 The Puppet Master: Magnar Jones 19chapter 2 Museums: Vessels of Life or Death 27chapter 3 Meet the Competitors 33chapter 4 Sizing Up 39chapter 5 Sign Here and Enter to Win 47chapter 6 The Local Hero: Parker A. Rand 55chapter 7 Master of the Universe 61chapter 8 Alcatraz Island: Battle Ground 67chapter 9 Day One of Four: The East Coast Power Couple: Ling Liang and Chip Tooney 75chapter 10 Banter on a Glass Bridge 81chapter 11 Downward Spiral 89chapter 12 The Corporate Man: Johnny Furnsby 95chapter 13 Blank Canvases Await 101chapter 14 Ignition 111chapter 15 The Peacock: Maxwell Brand 117chapter 16 Drinking Three Cups of Coffee 123chapter 17 Confession and Concession 131chapter 18 Day Two of Four: Stomping the Rock 137chapter 19 The Mover and Shaker: Margo Hunters 147chapter 20 Karma and Dogma 153chapter 21 What is a Design Parti? 159chapter 22 The Theater of Architecture 165chapter 23 Day Three of Four: I’ll Take Two 171chapter 24 Capture and Release 177chapter 25 Architects Grueling at Work 183chapter 26 Roundtable of Design and Ego 193chapter 27 An Outcropping 203chapter 28 Day Four of Four: Flirting with Misfortunechapter 29 Any Last Words? 219chapter 30 Tick Tock Goes the Clock 227chapter 31 Fall from Grace 235chapter 32 Celadonna’s Dalliance 243chapter 33 Design is Everywhere, People! 251chapter 34 WTF? 259chapter 35 Hunting Ground: Shards of Glass 267chapter 36 ChipLing: Machine for Art 275chapter 37 PAR Designs: Keep It Simple, Stupid 283chapter 38 Judge and Jury 293chapter 39 Apprehension in the Lobby 301chapter 40 If You Build It, They Will Come 309chapter 41 End of the Line 317chapter 42 “Honey, I’m Home” 325epilogue Glory and Grief 333