{"product_id":"naked-airport-a-cultural-history-of-the-worlds-most-revolutionary-structure-paperback","title":"Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure - 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\u003eAlastair Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough airports are now best known for interminable waits at check-in counters, liquid restrictions for carry-on luggage, and humiliating shoe-removal rituals at security, they were once the backdrops for jet-setters who strutted, martinis in hand, through curvilinear terminals designed by Eero Saarinen. In the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNaked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Airport\u003c\/i\u003e, Alastair Gordon traces the cultural history of this defining institution from its origins in the muddy fields of flying machines to its frontline position in the struggle against international terrorism. \u003cbr\u003e From global politics to action movies to the daily commute, Gordon shows how the airport has changed our sense of time, distance, and style, and ultimately the way cities are built and business is done. He introduces the people who shaped and were shaped by this place of sudden transition: pilots like Charles Lindbergh, architects like Le Corbusier, and political figures like Fiorello LaGuardia and Adolf Hitler. \u003ci\u003eNaked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Airport\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly original history of a long-neglected yet central component of modern life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This charming history documents why airports have always been such intriguing places. Gordon wittily deconstructs air terminal architecture. . . . Here is a book with more than enough quirky details to last a long layover.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] splendid cultural history.\"--\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gordon, an architecture and design critic, tells his story well, bringing to life some of the main characters and highlighting some of the important issues concerning urbanism and airports.\"--Michael Roth, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gordon provides a truly compelling account of how airports had over the course of three-quarters of a century become the locus of not only modern dreams but postmodern nightmares as well. Don't leave home without it.\"--Terence Riley, director of the Miami Art Museum \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlastair Gordon \u003c\/b\u003eis a critic, curator, and contributing writer to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Town \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDwell\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eWeekend Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Spaced Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Beach Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Romantic Modernist. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\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 0.66 x 9.06 x 6.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45272773361766,"sku":"9780226304564","price":32.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bVFkSUFEbEJjeHArcE9jUHVzZHNHZz09.webp?v=1773899429","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/naked-airport-a-cultural-history-of-the-worlds-most-revolutionary-structure-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}