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26 produkter
Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space
Häftad, 1992
259 kr
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After the World Trade Center
Rethinking New York City
Av Michael Sorkin, Sharon Zukin
Inbunden, 2002
994 kr
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The terrorist attacks of September 11 have created an unprecedented public discussion about the uses and meanings of the central area of lower Manhattan that was once the World Trade Center. While the city sifts through the debris, contrary forces shaping its future are at work. Developers jockey …
Indefensible Space
The Architecture of the National Insecurity State
Inbunden, 2007
2818 kr
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Showing how the upswell of paranoia and growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these varied essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life. Starting …
Indefensible Space
The Architecture of the National Insecurity State
Häftad, 2007
770 kr
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Showing how the upswell of paranoia and growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these varied essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life. Starting …
Exquisite Corpse
Writing on Buildings
Häftad, 1994
385 kr
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'Exquisite Corpse' was a game played by the surrealists in which someone drew on a piece of paper, folded it and passed it to the next person to draw on until, finally, the sheet was opened to reveal a calculated yet random composition. In this entertaining and provocative book, Michael Sorkin …
After the World Trade Center
Rethinking New York City
Av Sharon Zukin, Michael Sorkin
E-bok, 2013
967 kr
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The terrorist attacks of September 11 have created an unprecedented public discussion about the uses and meanings of the central area of lower Manhattan that was once the World Trade Center. While the city sifts through the debris, contrary forces shaping its future are at work. Developers jockey …
After the World Trade Center
Rethinking New York City
Av Sharon Zukin, Michael Sorkin
E-bok, 2013
977 kr
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The terrorist attacks of September 11 have created an unprecedented public discussion about the uses and meanings of the central area of lower Manhattan that was once the World Trade Center. While the city sifts through the debris, contrary forces shaping its future are at work. Developers jockey …
Indefensible Space
The Architecture of the National Insecurity State
E-bok, 2013
910 kr
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Showing how the upswell of paranoia and growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these varied essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life. Starting …
Indefensible Space
The Architecture of the National Insecurity State
E-bok, 2013
910 kr
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Showing how the upswell of paranoia and growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these varied essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life. Starting …
Starting From Zero
Reconstructing Downtown New York
E-bok, 2013
269 kr
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Architect and social critic Michael Sorkin develops his own vision of the future lower Manhattan through a series of chronologically organized essays illustrated with full-color images of his own plans. Mixing his inimitable brand of social criticism with more personal reflections, Starting From …
Starting From Zero
Reconstructing Downtown New York
E-bok, 2013
277 kr
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Architect and social critic Michael Sorkin develops his own vision of the future lower Manhattan through a series of chronologically organized essays illustrated with full-color images of his own plans. Mixing his inimitable brand of social criticism with more personal reflections, Starting From …
250 Things An Architect Should Know
Inbunden, 2021
1,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
149 kr
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Michael Sorkin's iconic list is now in a handsome printed package, a perfect gift for any architect, student of architecture, or design-savvy urbanist.By turns poetic and humorous, practical and wise, this book is a joyful celebration of the craft of architecture. A posthumous book by critic, …
Open Gaza
Architectures of Hope
Inbunden, 2021
884 kr
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Cutting-edge analysis on how to improve life inside the Gaza Strip through architecture and design, illustrated in full-colorThe Gaza Strip is one of the most beleaguered environments on earth. Crammed into a space of 139 square miles (360 square kilometers), 1.8 million people live under an …
Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Essays in Honor of Mike Davis
Av Daniel Bertrand Monk, Michael Sorkin
Häftad, 2021
224 kr
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It is all worse than we think. It is even worse than Mike Davis, for whom “every day is judgment day” (The Nation), could have imagined. The contributions to this volume are explorations of what Davis—in typical wry fashion—once referred to as the field of “disaster studies.” Collectively, they …
Between Catastrophe and Revolution
Essays in Honor of Mike Davis
Av Michael Sorkin, Daniel Bertrand Monk
E-bok, 2021
133 kr
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It is all worse than we think. It is even worse than Mike Davis, for whom "e;every day is judgment day"e; (The Nation), could have imagined. The contributions to this volume are explorations of what Davis-in typical wry fashion-once referred to as the field of "e;disaster …
New Orleans Under Reconstruction
The Crisis of Planning
Av Michael Sorkin, Carol McMichael Reese m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
268 kr
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When the levee system protecting New Orleans failed and was overtopped in August 2005 following the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, 80 percent of the city was flooded, with a loss of 103,000 homes in the metropolitan area. At least 986 Louisiana residents died. The devastation hit vulnerable …
All Over the Map
Writing on Buildings and Cities
E-bok, 2013
179 kr
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All Over the Map is an urgent response to the radical changes in contemporary architecture and the built environment witnessed in the twenty-first century. Characteristically polemic, incisive and energetic, these essays explore pressing questions of architectural and urban design, and critical …
What Goes Up
The Right and Wrongs To the City
E-bok, 2018
262 kr
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Michael Sorkin is one of the most forthright and engaging architectural writers in the world. In What Goes Up he charts the dehumanising regimes of mayors Bloomberg and De Blasio that created a city of glittering towers and increasing inequality. He looks at what has happened to Ground Zero, as a …
What Goes Up
The Right and Wrongs To the City
Inbunden, 2018
303 kr
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Michael Sorkin is one of the most forthright and engaging architectural writers in the world. In What Goes Up he charts the dehumanising regimes of mayors Bloomberg and De Blasio that created a city of glittering towers and increasing inequality. He looks at what has happened to Ground Zero, as a …
All Over the Map
Writing on Buildings and Cities
Häftad, 2013
427 kr
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All Over the Map is an urgent response to the radical changes in contemporary architecture and the built environment witnessed in the twenty-first century. Characteristically polemic, incisive and energetic, these essays explore pressing questions of architectural and urban design, and critical …
Starting From Zero
Reconstructing Downtown New York
Inbunden, 2003
1591 kr
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Architect and social critic Michael Sorkin develops his own vision of the future lower Manhattan through a series of chronologically organized essays illustrated with full-color images of his own plans. Mixing his inimitable brand of social criticism with more personal reflections, Starting From …
Some Assembly Required
Häftad, 2001
309 kr
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The long-awaited collection by one of architecture’s most exciting voices.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 …
Against The Wall
Israel's Barrier to Peace
Av Michael Sorkin, Michael Sorkin
Häftad, 2005
177 kr
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Called a “security fence” by the Israeli government and the “apartheid wall” by Palestinians, the barrier currently under construction in the West Bank has been the subject of intense controversy since the first olive tree was uprooted in its path. In violation of a ruling by the International …
Giving Ground
The Politics of Propinquity
Av Joan Copjec, Joan Copjec m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
195 kr
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Giving Ground is prompted by two phenomena whose paradoxical convergence is currently altering our experience and conception of urban relations and city planning. On the one hand, forces of globalisation push towards conditions of homogenisation and deterritorialisation, while, on the other, a …
