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OverviewIn this tour of contemporary architecture, John Silber exposes the wilful disdain of 'genius' architects for their clients, their budgets and the people who live or work inside their creations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John SilberPublisher: The Quantuck Lane Press Imprint: The Quantuck Lane Press Dimensions: Width: 18.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9781593720278ISBN 10: 1593720270 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 17 November 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Inactive Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a brief but delightful tour of contemporary architecture with a guide who is famous for his candor. He divides our best-known building designers into the architects, who keep in mind the users of a building, and the artistes, who keep in mind the cover of Architectural Review. Being John Silber, he names names and shows you the artists' buildings, travesty by travesty. This book will gall some of them. Even more so will it embarrass the guileless souls who have fallen under the spell of the artists' metaphorical lyricism 'explaining' their own work- and paid millions for such pretty words. Tom Wolfe Author InformationJOHN SILBER was the president of Boston University for twenty-five years and is an internationally recognised authority on ethics, the philosophy of law and the philosophy of Kant. In 2002 he was named an honorary member of the AIA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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