Michael Sorkin (1948–2020)

Auteur de Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space

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A propos de l'auteur

Michael Sorkin is principal of Michael Sorkin Studio & director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City College of New York. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Œuvres de Michael Sorkin

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Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space (1992) — Directeur de publication — 242 exemplaires

Twenty Minutes in Manhattan (2009) 121 exemplaires

Exquisite Corpse: Writing on Buildings (1991) 85 exemplaires

All Over the Map: Writing on Buildings and Cities (2011) 84 exemplaires

After the World Trade Center: Rethinking New York City (2002) 29 exemplaires

Other Plans: University of Chicago Studies, 1998-2000 (2001) 27 exemplaires

Giving Ground: The Politics of Propinquity (Urban Studies) (1999) — Directeur de publication — 24 exemplaires

Michael Sorkin Studio (Works in Progress) (1998) 23 exemplaires

Local Code:: The Constitution of a City at 42 degrees North Latitude (1993) 23 exemplaires

Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer (Monographs on contemporary architecture) (1981) 22 exemplaires

Some Assembly Required (2001) 20 exemplaires

Against The Wall: Israel's Barrier to Peace (2005) 19 exemplaires

What Goes Up: The Right and Wrongs to the City (2018) 15 exemplaires

Starting From Zero: Reconstructing Downtown New York (2003) 11 exemplaires

Whereabouts: New Architecture with Local Identities (2004) 11 exemplaires

Comfort: Reclaiming Place in a Virtual World (2001) 9 exemplaires

The Next Jerusalem (2002) 9 exemplaires

Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State (2007) 9 exemplaires

Two Hundred and Fifty Things an Architect Should Know (2021) 7 exemplaires

In Transit En Transito (Quaderns Architechture & Urbanism, 231) (2001) 3 exemplaires

Go Blow Your Nose! An Uncommon Guide to the Common Cold (1982) 1 exemplaire

The City after now: Posts of Contemporary Urbanism 1 exemplaire

Beyond Petropolis: Designing a Practical Utopia in Nueva Loja (2015) 1 exemplaire

De Tudo Um Pouco. Sobre Edifícios e Cidades (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2014) 1 exemplaire

Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope (Middle East Urban Studies) 1 exemplaire

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Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books (2009) — Contributeur — 202 exemplaires

The Suburbanization of New York: Is the World's Greatest City Becoming Just Another Town? (2006) — Contributeur — 33 exemplaires

Alan Buchsbaum: Architect and Designer- The Mechanics of Taste (1996) 6 exemplaires

Harvard Design Magazine: urban design now — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires

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Nom légal: Sorkin, Michael David
Date de naissance: 1948-08-02
Date de décès: 2020-03-26
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Washington, D.C., USA
Lieu du décès: New York, New York, USA
Cause du décès: COVID-19
Études: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA - Architecture)
Columbia University
University of Chicago
Professions: architect
non-fiction author
distinguished professor (Architecture)
Organisations: Barnard University
City University of New York (City College)

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Variations on a Theme Park par Michael Sorkin

Not for speedy reading, the essays in this collection delineated the destruction of the life of American cities, from mega-malls, to underground shopping, to the Disney-fixation of urban areas. What a loss.

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PattyLee | 1 autre critique | Dec 14, 2021 |