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In an age of virtual offices, urban flight, and planned gated
communities, are cities becoming obsolete? In this passionate
manifesto, Moshe Safdie argues that as crucibles for creative,
social, and political interaction, vital cities are an organic and
necessary part of human civilization. If we are to rescue them from
dispersal and decay, we must first revise our definition of what
constitutes a city.Unlike many who believe that we must choose
between cities and suburbs, between mass transit and highways,
between monolithic highrises and panoramic vistas, Safdie envisions
a way to have it all. Effortless mobility throughout a region of
diverse centers, residential communities, and natural open spaces
is the key to restoring the rich public life that cities once
provided while honoring our profound desire for privacy,
flexibility, and freedom. With innovations such as transportation
nodes, elevated moving sidewalks, public utility cars, and
buildings designed to maximize daylight, views, and personal
interaction, Safdie's proposal challenges us all to create a more
satisfying and humanistic environment.
Michael Gericke is one of the most influential graphic designers in
the world today. This much anticipated monograph covers four
decades of work by the acclaimed graphic designer and Pentagram
partner. Lavishly illustrated throughout at close to 500 pages, the
book is driven by a celebration of places, telling stories, and
making images and symbols - predominantly through Gericke's work
with projects for buildings, civic moments, exhibitions and visual
identities, including for posters, magazines, New York's AIA
chapter (America's largest) and the Center for Architecture that,
through graphics and images, continues to portray the spirit of
architecture and design in New York City today. Prefaced by the
prize-winning architect Moshe Safdie, with commentary by Pulitzer
Prize-winning architectural critic and educator Paul Goldberger,
this encyclopaedic compilation is a must for all collectors and
aficionados of contemporary design, branding, and visual identity.
In an age of virtual offices, urban flight, and planned gated
communities, are cities becoming obsolete? In this passionate
manifesto, Moshe Safdie argues that as crucibles for creative,
social, and political interaction, vital cities are an organic and
necessary part of human civilization. If we are to rescue them from
dispersal and decay, we must first revise our definition of what
constitutes a city.Unlike many who believe that we must choose
between cities and suburbs, between mass transit and highways,
between monolithic highrises and panoramic vistas, Safdie envisions
a way to have it all. Effortless mobility throughout a region of
diverse centers, residential communities, and natural open spaces
is the key to restoring the rich public life that cities once
provided while honoring our profound desire for privacy,
flexibility, and freedom. With innovations such as transportation
nodes, elevated moving sidewalks, public utility cars, and
buildings designed to maximize daylight, views, and personal
interaction, Safdie's proposal challenges us all to create a more
satisfying and humanistic environment.
Over more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has
built some of the world's most influential and memorable structures
- from the 1967 modular housing scheme in Montreal known as Habitat
to the Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore. For Safdie, the
way a space functions is fundamental; he is deeply committed to
architecture as a social force for good, believing that any
challenge, including extreme population density and environmental
distress, can be addressed with solutions that enhance community
and uplift the human spirit. If Walls Could Speak takes readers
behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession to
explain through Safdie's own experiences how an architect thinks
and works - from the spark of imagination through the design
process, the model-making, the politics, the engineering, the
materials. Relating memorable stories about what has inspired him -
from childhoods in Israel and Montreal to the projects and
personalities worldwide that have captured his imagination - Safdie
reveals the complex interplay that underpins every project and his
vision for the role architecture can and should play in society at
large. Illustrated throughout with drawings, sketches, photographs,
and documents from his firm's voluminous archives, If Walls Could
Speak is a book like no other, and will forever change the way you
look at and appreciate any built structure.
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