George Braziller, Inc.
The architecture reader; essential writings from Vitruvius to the present.
Sykes presents an introductory collection of 40 writings aimed towards general readers and beginning architecture students, which demonstrate different approaches to architecture both as subject and discipline. They span some 2,000 years, with the majority from the 20th and 21st centuries, and were written by authors — primarily architects — of many nationalities. Drawn from a variety of genres, including journal articles, editorials, book chapters, lectures, interviews, and manifestos, the excerpts ponder, critique, and sometimes attack architectural norms, and, in many cases, pose alternative methods of architectural thought and practice. Illustrated in b&w. No subject index. Sykes is managing editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
