Joseph Rykwert: 3 books
The Seduction of Place
The History and Future of Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
No other place on earth is as full both of promise and of dread as the city; it is at once alienating and exciting. These concentrations of people have not, however, come about as the result of vast immutable, impersonal forces, but because of human choices. The worsening or betterment of urban life...
The Idea of a Town
The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, Italy and the Ancient World
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Roman towns and their history are generally regarded as being the preserve of the archaeologist or the economic historian. In this famous, unusual and radical book which touches on such disparate themes as psychology and urban architecture, Joseph Rykwert has considered them as works of art. His starting...
by Joseph Rykwert
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Born in Warsaw in 1926, Joseph Rykwert is one of the best-known critics and historians of architecture. One of very few writers to be awarded the RIBA’s highest honour, the Royal Gold Medal, in 2014, and author of countless books and essays, his influence over the past 60 years cannot be underestimated....