I n t r o d u c t i o n : H o w t o B e a n A r c h i t e c t u r e C r i t i c
C h ap t e r 1 : Sk y s c r ap e r s
Lewis
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Mumford: “House of Glass”
21
Skyscrapers as Superlatives
C h ap t e r 2 : M u s e u m s
Herbert Muschamp: “The Miracle in Bilbao”
29
What Should A Museum Be?
C h ap t e r 3 : La n d m a r k s
M i c h a e l S o r k i n : “ Sa v e t h e W h i t n e y ”
What’s Worth Preserving
C h ap t e r 4 : M o n u m e n t s
C h ap t e r 5 : P a r k s
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C h a r l e s W . M o o r e : “ Y o u Ha v e t o P a y f o r t h e P u b l i c L i f e ” [Excerpt] 93
Searching for a Center
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105
F r e d e r i c k Law O l m s t e d : “ P u b l i c P a r k s a n d t h e E n l a r g e m e n t o f T o w n s ” [Excerpt] 121
Landscape is More Than a Lawn
C h ap t e r 6 : C i t i e s
J a n e J a c o b s : T h e D e a t h a n d L i f e o f G r e a t A m e r i c a n C i t i e s [Excerpt] 147
Criticism from the Ground Up
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C o n c l u s i o n : M o r e T h a n O n e W a y t o Sk i n a B u i l d i n g
A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s I m a g e k e y S o u r c e s I n d e x
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