{"product_id":"looking-around-a-journey-through-architecture-paperback","title":"Looking Around: A Journey Through Architecture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWitold Rybczynski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.8 x 5.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44812568232038,"sku":"9780140168891","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/7PAsXmxwoU9780140168891.webp?v=1771732513","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/looking-around-a-journey-through-architecture-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}