On Architecture Collected Refl

Huxtable, Ada Louise

ISBN 10: 0802717071 / ISBN 13: 9780802717078

Verlag: Walker Books, 2008

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Inhaltsangabe:

A forefront and passionate critic evaluates architecture as a pivotal and controversial component of twentieth-century culture, in a collection of articles that covers such topics as Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center at Harvard, the mid-century shifts in style, and her selections for best and worst architectural examples. 25,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Ada Louise Huxtable, former New York Times critic, winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, and MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow, is currently the architecture critic for the Wall Street Journal. She is recognized as the founder of contemporary architectural journalism. Her books include The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion, Kicked a Building Lately? and, most recently, a short biography of Frank Lloyd Wright for the Penguin Lives series. She served for many years on the juries of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the American Committee of the Japanese Praemium Imperiale. She lives in New York City and Marblehead, Mass.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: On Architecture Collected Refl
Verlag: Walker Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good