Overview

Michael Sorkin is one of the most visible and talked-about architects today. He was for several years architectural critic at the Village Voice. In recent years he has begun to focus on his own work. This is the first complete volume on the multifaceted architecture and design projects of the Michael Sorkin Studio. The work of the studio is grounded in the belief that the city is both the primary source of the social meaning of the architecture and the most important challenge confronting the profession today. Many of the projects are theoretical and experimental and come to fruition through drawings, models, exhibitions, writings, and installations. All of these are shown in the book, accompanied by Sorkin's own texts, which discuss the goals of each project, the influences on it, and the research and design process, as well as its architectural, social, and political commentary. Sorkin believes that every architect must reinvent architecture, and this book is a record of the research behind his own ambitious attempts at reinvention.

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Author:   Michael Sorkin
Publisher:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Springer Verlag GmbH
ISBN:  

9783211831618

ISBN 10:   3211831614
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   September 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Floating Islands.- Weed, AZ.- Bucharest 2020.- Neurasia.- Spa Tokaj.- Brooklyn Waterfront.- East New York.- Governors Island.- Hanseatic Skyscrapers.- Mass Movement.- Godzilla.- Parque Los Olivos.- Turtle Portable Puppet Theater.- Beached Houses/Animal Houses.- Two Loft Buildings.- Rancho Mirage.- Berlin Spreebogen.- Berlin Spree Insel.- Souks of Beirut.- Shrooms.- Shoehaus.- Wagga Wagga Civic Center.- Mondo Condo.- Freidrichshof Commune.- Tracked Houses.- Chavez Ravine.- Bay City Studies.- Model City.- Moscow Metro.- World War II and the American Dream.- Subjects & Objects, Urbanagrams.- Suburbs of Utopia.- Miira.- Floating Islands.- Credits.

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