Main entry:

Willis, Daniel, 1957-

Title & Author:

The emerald city and other essays on the architectural imagination / Daniel Willis.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©1999.

Description:

xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / Robert Harbison -- Introduction: Heavy, not dead -- Architecture as medicine -- The valor of iron : an introduction to the material imagination -- The weight of architecture -- The emerald city : a study of substance and place -- Active architecture from Christo to Christmas trees -- Vernacular architecture and the economics of dwelling -- Gendered words, neutered spaces, and the trouble with new urbanism -- The contradictions underlying the profession of architecture -- Seven strategies for making architecture in the twenty-first century -- The work of architecture in the age of efficient production -- The impact of the computer on architectural practice.
Also issued online.

Summary:

In The Emerald City, Dan Willis takes us on a flight of imagination that paradoxically never strays far from the most tangible, even intimate, subjects. His essays range from the Tower of Babel to the Wizard of Oz, from Christo to Christmas trees, from the "lightness of being" to the "weight of architecture." The texts draw equally from literary sources, architectural practice, philosophical analyses, pop culture, and everyday experiences.

ISBN:

1568981740 (alk. paper)
9781568981741 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture et société.
Architecture Philosophie.
architectural theory.
Bouwkunst.
Architectuurtheorieën.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203769
Call No.: NA2543.S6 W525 1999
Status: Available