From Library Journal
This compendium of essays on currrent architectural theory and practice is an ambitious and comprehensive undertaking. Editors Farmer and Louw, both professors at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, have selected over 100 essays by noted architects, engineers, planners, and historians to examine the nature of contemporary architecture from a variety of perspectives. The essays themselves, which may be read either sequentially or selectively, are organized into six broad sections and cover a range of topics, from housing the poor to the history of wood roof trusses, from improving the walkability of cities to vernacular architecture. The insights are numerous; the cumulative effect is overwhelming. An important reference for libraries with architectural collections.
- H. Ward Jandl, National Park Svce., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
`This compendium of essays on current architectural theory and practice is an ambitious and comprehensive undertaking ... the insights are numerous; the cumulative effect is overwhelming. An important reference for libraries with architectural collections.' -
Library Journal`This book will be a veritable gold-mine for architectural students. Considerable care has been taken over the making of this book: it is a handsome piece of book production, a pleasure to read and easy on the eye ... and it deserves to be, as it undoubtedly will be, widely read.' -
Open House International'No library that takes the subject of architecture seriously should be without it.' -
SA Architect, Jan/Feb 2001
