AIA GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY

por AA.VV.

OXFORD U. P.

AIA GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY

ISBN: 978-0-19-538386-7
Fecha de la edición: 2010
Edición Nº: 4
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Encuadernación: RUSTICA
Nº Pág.: 1080

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Resumen del libro

The most comprehensive and authoritative guide available
An updated layout includes easy-to-use and detailed maps showing the footprint of each building
Concise, entertaining, and illuminating entries on more than 6,000 buildings
Includes more than 3,000 photographs; all of the structures featured in the previous edition have been re-photographed.
All 4th Edition photography and text has been re-done
Extensive coverage of the World Trade Center site
The authors have restored the "Necrology" section which details lost New York landmarks such as the old Pennsylvania Station
Hailed as "extraordinarily learned" (New York Times), "blithe in spirit and unerring in vision," (New York Magazine), and the "definitive record of New York's architectural heritage" (Municipal Art Society), Norval White and Elliot Willensky's book is an essential reference for everyone with an interest in architecture and those who simply want to know more about New York City.
First published in 1968, the AIA Guide to New York City has long been the definitive guide to the city's architecture. Moving through all five boroughs, neighborhood by neighborhood, it offers the most complete overview of New York's significant places, past and present. The Fifth Edition continues to include places of historical importance--including extensive coverage of the World Trade Center site--while also taking full account of the construction boom of the past 10 years, a boom that has given rise to an unprecedented number of new buildings by such architects as Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, and Renzo Piano. All of the buildings included in the Fourth Edition have been revisited and re-photographed and much of the commentary has been re-written, and coverage of the outer boroughs--particularly Brooklyn--has been expanded.
Famed skyscrapers and historic landmarks are detailed, but so, too, are firehouses, parks, churches, parking garages, monuments, and bridges. Boasting more than 3000 new photographs, 100 enhanced maps, and thousands of short and spirited entries, the guide is arranged geographically by borough, with each borough divided into sectors and then into neighborhood. Extensive commentaries describe the character of the divisions.
Knowledgeable, playful, and beautifully illustrated, here is the ultimate guided tour of New York's architectural treasures.
Readership: General readers and those interested in the urban landscape and history of New York City.



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