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Wide-ranging interviews with leading architectural thinkers, including Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, Robert Venturi, Paul Goldberger, Robert Ivy, Denise Scott Brown, Kenneth Frampton, and Robert A. M. Stern, spotlight some of the most significant issues in a

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Table of Contents
  • Foreword: No Place Like It by Meghan Daum
  • Introduction by Bernard Friedman
  • Part 1: The Functions and Meanings of Home
    • Richard Meier
    • Grant Hildebrand
    • Witold Rybczynski
    • Lester Walker
    • Sarah Susanka
    • Barbara Winslow and Max Jacobson
    • Hadley Arnold
  • Part 2: History, Tradition, Change
    • Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
    • Kenneth Frampton
    • Lee Mindel
    • Eric Owen Moss
    • Robert A. M. Stern
    • Sam Watters
    • Douglas Garofalo
    • Tracy Kidder
  • Part 3: Activism, Sustainability, Environment
    • Marianne Cusato
    • Andrew Freear
    • Cameron Sinclair
    • Robert Ivy
    • Charles Gwathmey
  • Part 4: Cities, Suburbs, Regions
    • Paul Goldberger
    • Jeremiah Eck
    • Tom Kundig
    • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
    • David Salmela
  • Part 5: Technology, Innovation, Materials
    • Toshiko Mori
    • Greg Lynn
    • Thom Mayne
    • Lorcan O'Herlihy
    • Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena
  • Acknowledgments
  • Photography Credits
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 02/05/2017
      ISBN13: 9781477312865, 978-1477312865
      ISBN10: 1477312862

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Wide-ranging interviews with leading architectural thinkers, including Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, Robert Venturi, Paul Goldberger, Robert Ivy, Denise Scott Brown, Kenneth Frampton, and Robert A. M. Stern, spotlight some of the most significant issues in a

      Trade Review
      "

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword: No Place Like It by Meghan Daum
      • Introduction by Bernard Friedman
      • Part 1: The Functions and Meanings of Home
        • Richard Meier
        • Grant Hildebrand
        • Witold Rybczynski
        • Lester Walker
        • Sarah Susanka
        • Barbara Winslow and Max Jacobson
        • Hadley Arnold
      • Part 2: History, Tradition, Change
        • Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
        • Kenneth Frampton
        • Lee Mindel
        • Eric Owen Moss
        • Robert A. M. Stern
        • Sam Watters
        • Douglas Garofalo
        • Tracy Kidder
      • Part 3: Activism, Sustainability, Environment
        • Marianne Cusato
        • Andrew Freear
        • Cameron Sinclair
        • Robert Ivy
        • Charles Gwathmey
      • Part 4: Cities, Suburbs, Regions
        • Paul Goldberger
        • Jeremiah Eck
        • Tom Kundig
        • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
        • David Salmela
      • Part 5: Technology, Innovation, Materials
        • Toshiko Mori
        • Greg Lynn
        • Thom Mayne
        • Lorcan O'Herlihy
        • Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena
      • Acknowledgments
      • Photography Credits
      • Index

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