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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Revealing portrait of a city through its buildings,
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This review is from: Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston (Hardcover)
The best book on Houston that I know. This collection of articles on the architecture of the city captures its aesthetic history (or lack thereof) wonderfully. The book's production quality is clean and beautifully done, and the narratives reveal Houston's vicissitudes - its humble origins, its disinterest in history, its deification of power, and the origins of its sprawl. Excellent.
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HOUSTON,
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This review is from: Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston (Hardcover)
Houston is the perfect subject for a book of this kind, it lends itself so well to current trends in urban planning and what a lack of zoning can facilitate. The text is scholarly and well researched, uh that should be an oxymoron, but alas it is not always. The authors really nailed Houston and I recognized the city completely. If you have any interest in urban planning or Houston in general, or frankly just well realized books, then I highly recommend this book to you. Well done indeed.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Another brilliant book by Barrie Scardino,
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This review is from: Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston (Hardcover)
Great compiliation of Cite articles masterfully edited by Scardino & Co.
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Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston by Barrie Scardino (Hardcover - December 1, 2003)
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