- Preface
- I. Authority
- 1. I Will Learn You Architecture!
- 2. More Specifically, Everything!
- 3. Let Me Finish!
- 4. Four Walls and a Roof
- II. Default by Design
- 5. Bloody Fools! The Story of Pimlico School, 1970–2010
- 6. Architektur ohne Eigenschaften
- 7. Neufert: The Exceptional Pursuit of the Norm
- 8. Reference without a Source: The Appeal of Atlanta Airport
- 9. The Inevitable Box
- III. Found Causes
- 10. Spaceship Earth
- 11. Mies en Scène
- 12. Intruders: How Smart Technology Infiltrates Architecture
- 13. “Public” Space
- 14. From CIAM to Cyberspace: Architecture and the Community
- 15. With the Masses: The Architecture of Participation
- IV. Trial and Error
- 16. Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit: Part One
- 17. London
- 18. How Is Denmark?
- 19. Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit: Part Two
- 20. Facing the Facts
- 21. Naukograd
- 22. A Spanish Tender
- 23. On Hold
- V. Powers That Be
- 24. After the End of History
- 25. The Other Truth
- 26. Socialist in Content, Realist in Form
- 27. The Descendant: A Conversation with Xenia Adjoubei, Nikita Khrushchev’s Great-Granddaughter
- 28. Undesirable Work Styles
- 29. A Benevolent Dictator with Taste
- 30. Royal Approval
- 31. His Architect
- 32. A Property Developer for President
- VI. Megalopoli(tic)s
- 33. A Faustian Bargain
- 34. Amanhã
- 35. Smart Cities of the Future
- 36. The Sum of All Isms
- 37. Dear Mr. Barber
- 38. At Your Service: Ten Steps to Becoming a Successful Urban Consultant
- 39. Rankings
- VII. Progress
- 40. Coup de Grâce: Pruitt-Igoe Revisited
- 41. The Century That Never Happened
- 42. In Memoriam: A Photo Essay
- 43. The Captive Globe
- 44. Remains of a Brave New World
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Chapters Previously Published
Four Walls and a Roof
The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession
Product Details
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$24.00 • £20.95 • €21.95
ISBN 9780674241466
Publication Date: 10/15/2019
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