The Language of Cities
$23.62
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
18 September 2017
Summary
The latest addition to the Design series, from the Director of the Design Museum.
We live in a world that is now predominantly urban. So how do we define the city as it evolves in the twenty-first century? Drawing examples from across the globe, Deyan Sudjic decodes the underlying forces that shape our cities, such as resources and land, to the ideas that shape conscious elements of design, whether of buildings or of space. Erudite and entertaining, he considers the differences betwee…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141980591 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141980591 |
| Author: | Deyan Sudjic |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 18 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 111mm x 17mm |
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What They're Saying
Critics Review
A deeply original and necessary book—Alain de Botton
An indispensable guide to what makes a city a city—Robert Bevan, Evening Standard
Deyan Sudjic remains one of our most insightful commentators—Royal Academy magazine
A small, readable guide to what cities are and how they work—Edwin Heathcote, Financial Times
A memoir and a master class in musing on modern design … It’s a collection of thoughtful, absorbing essays about many aspects of modern design, a subject nobody writes better about than Sudjic—Evening Standard on B Is for Bauhaus
About The Author
Deyan Sudjic
Deyan Sudjic is Director of the Design Museum. He was born in London and studied architecture in Edinburgh. He has worked as a critic for the Observer and The Sunday Times, as the editor of Domus in Milan, as the director of the Venice Architecture Biennale, and as a curator in Glasgow, Istanbul and Copenhagen. He is the author of B is for Bauhaus, The Language of Things, and The Edifice Complex.
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