Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of

Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities (Architecture Briefs)

Extraordinary architecture addresses so much more than mere practical considerations. It inspires and provokes while creating a seamless experience of the physical world for its users. It is the rare writer that can frame the discussion of a building in a way that allows the reader to see it with new eyes. Writing About Architecture is a handbook on writing effectively and critically about buildings and cities. Each chapter opens with a reprint of a significant essay written by a renowned architecture critic, followed by a close reading and discussion of the writer's strategies. Lange offers her own analysis using contemporary examples as well as a checklist of questions at the end of each chapter to help guide the writer. This important addition to the Architecture Briefs series is based on the author's design writing courses at New York University and the School of Visual Arts. Lange also writes a popular online column forÂ Design ObserverÂ and has written forÂ Dwell, Metropolis, New YorkÂ magazine, andÂ The New York Times. Writing About ArchitectureÂ includes analysis of critical writings by Ada Louise Huxtable, Lewis Mumford, Herbert Muschamp, Michael Sorkin, Charles Moore, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Jane Jacobs. Architects covered include Marcel Breuer, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Field Operations, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Frederick Law Olmsted, SOM, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Country	USA
Author	Alexandra Lange
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781616891138
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Princeton Architectural Press
Manufacturer	Princeton Architectural Press
NumberOfPages	193
PublicationDate	2012-03-20
Publisher	Princeton Architectural Press
ReleaseDate	2012-03-20
Studio	Princeton Architectural Press

Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities (Architecture Briefs)

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