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2 comments about All American: Innovation in American Architecture.

1. Rick Joy and his former colleague, Wendell Burnette, are among the 20 practices explored in this handsomely illustrated survey, but at least half the architects are little-known. The authors both teach at the University of Michigan, and they've focused on five regions-New York, Boston, the mid-West, Arizona, and California. Daly Genik, Gregg Lynn, and Guthrie + Buresh (who recently moved away) represent LA. The architectural state of the Union seems strong to judge from the quality of the work presented here.



2. My recommendation is to pass up on this piece of drivel. If you are looking for insight, look elsewhere. What attempts to pass for "theory" or "criticism" in this book is most certainly journalism of the most affected kind. "Good" theory does not leave its subject matter untouched, it should render the object (in this case architecture) in a new light after analysis. This book offers nothing more than expository verbal descriptions of the photographic reproductions, i.e., essay length captions. "Theory" and "criticism" then, is not to be found here. What you will find, is a rather genteel purple prose that the majority of architecture students will find agreeable, but which in truth, signifies nothing.

1 comments about Berlin : Capital City.

1. This book is a great entry into the changing face of Berlin! Packed with text and photographs, Berlin: Capital City takes you on a journey of the new and exciting architecture that is sprouting up all over Berlin.

   Full of photographs, text, street addresses, metro directions, and architects, Capital City provides an indepth coverage of the government buildings springing up in Germany's capital.

   Following the unification of Germany and the relocation of the capital to Berlin, a whole new architectural scheme had to be developed. Following many urban planning and architectural competitions, the top architects of the world are represented here.

   Meyer provides a great, indepth coverage of the Berlin of the future, however, does not touch on the Berlin of the past. The US, French, and British embassies have all returned to their pre-World War II locations on Pariser Platz. As well, many many other countries are rebuilding there embassies in Berlin, there is a whole new government quarter being built, and the future of these locations is illustrated here to perfection.

   Where Meyer faults, is in his complete lack of any historical reference. It would be nice to see how the US, French, and British embassies where in the past, so we can relate their past designs to their present ones.

   It would have been nice to compare where Berlin was to where it is going.

   I highly recommend this book because it takes you on an exciting journey into some of the best post-modern architecture in the world. For that alone, it is worth it.

No comments about Notes & Sketches of an Architect Taken During a Journey in the North-West of Europe.

No comments about Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker's Hill.

No comments about Casa Frumoasa: The House Beautiful in Rural Romania (East European Monographs).

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