Future Of The Skyscraper: Som Thinkers

图书标准信息

• 作者 Bruce、Tom Vanderbilt 著
• 出版社 Metropolis Books
• 出版时间 2015-06
• ISBN 9781938922787
• 定价 242.70元
• 装帧 其他
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 144页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Enginesofindustry,expressionsofegoorwill,talltowersarenonetheless,whentheypiercethesharedskies,intenselypublic.Wemayaskofthemartisticquestions:whatdowemakeofthesethingswemake?Whatdotheseformsmean?Butalso,becausearchitectureisforevertiedtoreallife,wemayaskofthemquestionsofapolitical,economicandtechnologicalnature-aswellasthose,touchingonthebodyandthemindandthesoul,thatwemaysimplycallhuman.Inthisvolume,BruceSterlingdescribesfourpossiblefuturesthatmightshapefuturetowers,presentingachoose-your-own-adventureofpotentialfuturesforarchitecture,someofthemterrifyingintheirnearness.Wepeerupatskyscrapersoldandnew,visittheirhighestfloors,turnthemthiswayandthattoseethemclearlythroughthepsychology(TomVanderbilt)andphysiology(EmilyBadger)oflivingandworkingonhigh,andthroughthelensofpolicyinthelow-risecounterexampleofWashington,DC(MatthewYglesias).DianaLindteststheideaoftallagainstthemoresprawlingneedsofthosespatiallymundanebuttransformativeneweconomyindustriesthatmaywellbethesupertallclientsofthefuture.WillSelflooksbackinliterature,filmandrecenturbanhistorytowriteforwardtowardanewunderstandingofthetowerinthepopularimagination.DicksonDespommiersharesacomprehensivevisionofanecologicalfuture,inwhichtowers,perhapssupertalls,wouldnecessarilyplayacrucialrole.BruceSterlingisanAmericansciencefictionauthorbestknownforhisnovelsandhisworkontheMirrorshadesanthology,ashortstorycollectionthathelpedtodefinethecyberpunkgenre.TomVanderbiltisanAmericanjournalistwhosearticleshaveappearedinWired,TheLondonReviewofBooks,TheFinancialTimes,TheWallStreetJournal,Artforum,RollingStone,TheNewYorkTimesMagazine,Cabinet,MetropolisandPopularScience.MatthewYglesiasistheExecutiveEditorofVoxandauthorofTheRentIsTooDamnHigh.DianaLindistheExecutiveDirectorandEditor-in-ChiefofNextCity,anon-profitquarterlymagazinewithamissiontoinspiresocial,economicandenvironmentalchangeincities.WillSelfwritesacolumnforTheGuardianandappearsregularlyonBBCradioandtelevision.Hisninthandlatestnovel,Umbrella,wasafinalistforthisyear'sManBookerPrize.EmilyBadgerisareporterfortheWashingtonPost;shepreviouslyservedasastaffwriterfortheonlinejournal,TheAtlanticCities.DicksonDespommierisemeritusProfessorofMicrobiologyandPublicHealthatColumbiaUniversityandtheauthorofTheVerticalFarm.MichaelGovanisthedirectoroftheLosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt.GovanpreviouslyservedasthedirectoroftheDiaArtFoundationinNewYork.PhilipNobelisaNewYork-basedarchitecturecriticwhowritesforMetropolis,Artforum,TheNewYorkTimesandArchitecturalDigest,andistheauthorofSixteenAcres:ArchitectureandtheOutrageousStrugglefortheFutureofGroundZero.HealsoservesastheeditorialdirectorforSHoParchitects.