| #2718457 in Books | 2001-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,2.00 | File type: PDF | 408 pages||14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| A great, but mistitled, book about architecture|By David Greusel|Okay, first, why mistitled?
This book is a compilation of columns and articles Blair Kamin wrote for the Chicago Tribune. He writes passionately (and well) about architecture, and the book is definitely worth reading. But the title is all wrong. If you want to know "Why Architecture Matters," don't bu||"(M)ight have read like a sequence of frozen appraisals if Kamin didn't write with such a good eye and heart." -- Metropolis
"(P)owerful and eloquent...(Kamin) is a master of activist criticism." -- Robert Fishman, The Washington Post<
For more than a decade, Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has been writing fiery, intelligent essays on the state of contemporary architecture. His subjects range from high-rises to highways, parks to public housing, Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry. Why Architecture Matters collects the best of Kamin's acclaimed columns, offering both a look at America's foremost architectural city and a taste of Kamin's penetrati...
You easily download any file type for your device.Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago | Blair Kamin. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
