{"product_id":"looking-aroundisbn-9780140168891","title":"Looking Around","description":"From the opening sentences of his first book on architecture, \u003cb\u003eHome\u003c\/b\u003e, Witold Rybczynski seduced readers into a new appreciation of the spaces they live in. He also introduced us to \"an unerringly lucid writer who knows how to translate architectural ideas into layman's terms\" (\u003cb\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/b\u003e). Rybczynski's vast knowledge, his sense of wonder, and his elegantly uncluttered prose shine on every page of his latest meditation on the art of building. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLooking Around\u003c\/b\u003e is about architecture as an art of compromise\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ebetween beauty and function, aspiration and engineering, builders and clients. It is the story of the Seagram Building in New York and the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts in Columbus, Ohio\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ea museum that opened without a single painting on view, so that critics could better appreciate its design. But what of the visitors who want a building that displays art well? What of those who work in the building? \u003cb\u003eLooking Around\u003c\/b\u003e explores the notion of the architect as superstar and assesses giants from Palladio to Michael Graves, styles from classicism to high tech. It demonstrates how architecture actually works\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eor doesn't\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ein corporate headquarters, airports, private homes, and the special buildings designed to represent our civilization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all its erudition, \u003cb\u003eLooking Around\u003c\/b\u003e is also bracingly straightforward. Rybczynski looks closely and critically at structures that may once have dazzled us with their ostentation and expense, and sees them as triumphs or failures\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eof aesthetic ideals and of lasting function. This is a fascinating and illuminating book about an art form integral to our lives.\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Homes and Houses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome, Sweet Bungalow Home\u003cbr\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003cbr\u003eThe Androgynous Home\u003cbr\u003eLooking Back to the Future\u003cbr\u003eIf a Chair Is a Work of Art, Can You Still Sit on It?\u003cbr\u003eGetting Away from It All\u003cbr\u003eAs American as Blue-Jeans and Sweat Shirts\u003cbr\u003eFrom Mao's House to Our House\u003cbr\u003eHabitat Revisited\u003cbr\u003eHot Housing Buttons\u003cbr\u003eLiving Smaller\u003cbr\u003eShould Suburbs Be Designed?\u003cbr\u003eOur Town\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Special Places\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Place Map\u003cbr\u003eArt Inside the Walls\u003cbr\u003eAirports\u003cbr\u003eAt the Mall\u003cbr\u003eCurious Shrines\u003cbr\u003eThe Birthplace of Postmodernism\u003cbr\u003eA National Gallery\u003cbr\u003eA National Billboard\u003cbr\u003eA Homemade House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. The Art of Building\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Architects, Little Architecture\u003cbr\u003e\"But Is It Art\"?\u003cbr\u003eHow to Pick an Architect\u003cbr\u003eFame\u003cbr\u003eLow-Cost Classicism\u003cbr\u003eA Decade of Disorientation: 1910-19\u003cbr\u003eHigh Tech\u003cbr\u003eWill the Real California Architecture Please Stand Up?\u003cbr\u003eShaping Chicago's Future\u003cbr\u003eGod Isn't in the Details, After All\u003cbr\u003eThe Seven Implants of Postmodern Architecture\u003cbr\u003eListen to the Melody\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReprise: The Art of Building, or the Building of Art?\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Informative and provocative, an excellent companion in plance, train, living room, kitchen, or porch\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You only have to look around to see how thought-provoking these essays are.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His best work to date.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitold Rybczynski\u003c\/b\u003e of Polish parentage, was born in Edinburgh in 1943, raised in Surrey, and attended Jesuit schools in England and Canada. He received Bachelor of Architecture (1960) and Master of Architecture (1972) degrees from McGill University in Montreal. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been architecture critic for \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWigwag\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. His book include \u003cb\u003eTaming the Tiger\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePaper Heroes\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Most Beautiful House in the World\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWaiting for the Weekend\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eLooking Around: A Journey Through Architecture\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCity Life\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eCharleston Fancy\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives with his wife, Shirley Hallam, in Philadelphia and is Emeritus Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303038374117,"sku":"NP9780140168891","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140168891.jpg?v=1730752831","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/looking-aroundisbn-9780140168891","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}