
All Over the Map
Writing on Buildings and Cities
Michael Sorkin(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 25. July 2011
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-84467-323-0 (ISBN)
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Description
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 issues of public space and participation. From New York to New Orleans, the Amazon to Jerusalem, Sorkin brings a critical eye to bear on a sweeping range of subjects.
Whether castigating the sorry performance of the architectural avant-garde, considering the nature of place in globalized culture, or providing mock instructions for entering a high-security environment, these writings make a powerful and provocative case for architecture and urban design to re-engage with the lives and societies from which they have become increasingly detached.
Whether castigating the sorry performance of the architectural avant-garde, considering the nature of place in globalized culture, or providing mock instructions for entering a high-security environment, these writings make a powerful and provocative case for architecture and urban design to re-engage with the lives and societies from which they have become increasingly detached.
Reviews / Votes
Sorkin is one of the most intelligent writers on architecture today. * Library Journal * Sorkin is a formidable opponent of the banal, the ugly, the stupid and the vapidly posturing which, he argues, are all around us. * Publishers Weekly * Easily one of the best architecture critics around ... Sorkin is a flaneur with a sense of public purpose. -- Chris Hall * Guardian *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
796 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-323-0 (9781844673230)
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Michael Sorkin is an award-winning architect and Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City College of New York. In 2010, he received the American Academy of Arts and Letters award in architecture. For ten years, Sorkin was architecture critic for the The Village Voice, and he has written for Architectural Record, The New York Times, The Architectural Review, Mother Jones, Vanity Fair, the Wall Street Journal, Architectural Review, and the Nation. His books include Exquisite Corpses, After the World Trade Center, Twenty Minutes in Manhattan and All Over the Map.