In an era of brash; expensive; provocative new buildings; a prominent critic argues that emotions—such as hope; power; sex; and our changing relationship to the idea of home—are the most powerful force behind architecture; yesterday and (especially) today.We are living in the most dramatic period in architectural history in more than half a century: a time when cityscapes are being redrawn on a yearly basis; architects are testing the very idea of what a building is; and whole cities are being invented overnight in exotic locales or here in the United States.Now; in a bold and wide-ranging new work; Rowan Moore—former director of the Architecture Foundation; now the architecture critic for The Observer—explores the reasons behind these changes in our built environment; and how they in turn are changing the way we live in the world. Taking as his starting point dramatic examples such as the High Line in New York City and the outrageous island experiment of Dubai; Moore then reaches far and wide: back in time to explore the Covent Garden brothels of eighteenth-century London and the fetishistic minimalism of Adolf Loos; across the world to assess a software magnate’s grandiose mansion in Atlanta and Daniel Libeskind’s failed design for the World Trade Center site; and finally to the deeply naturalistic work of Lina Bo Bardi; whom he celebrates as the most underrated architect of the modern era.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Good format for the advancing playerBy jimco sells songbooks in various formats (but not all of the books are available in all formats) and it is important to understand the differences between them to get the right book for your purpose.Guitar Chord Songbook. This is the most basic and is just words and chords; similar to what you can download from the internet; except that the chords are usually correct and in the right places. It is the least confusing format but also has the least amount of information. This can be a great choice for an absolute beginner.Piano/Vocal/Guitar. This format gives the chords and words; and a piano (sheet music) arrangement. Can be used by a guitar player but not recommended because the piano arrangement adds unnecessary pages. This format is the obvious choice for a piano player.Easy Guitar with Notes Tab. This format has the words and chords; and the singers part (the melody) is written out in both guitar tab and in standard notation. Some of the guitar parts are also written out in tab and notation. These are mainly the intros with some snippets of other parts that have been slightly simplified to make them easier to play. In the back of the books is a page of basic guitar strums. Each song suggests which strum pattern is suitable to use with the song; but the suggested strum patterns rarely match the strumming on the actual recordings. These books are somewhat complicated to use because they have many more pages than the basic chord books so there is a lot of page turning involved. The songs in "Speak Now" are each about 6 pages long. These books can be a good choice for the advancing guitarist who wants to learn some basic solo parts or who is learning to read standard notation.Guitar Recorded Versions. This format includes chords and words; and all guitar parts are written out in guitar tab and notation. The singers part (melody) is only in notation; not tab. This format gives the most information but is hardest to understand because of the density of the information. For example in "Taylor Swift Guitar Recorded Versions" the song Tim McGraw is 11 pages long and contains 3 different guitar parts. This is the only format that shows the strumming parts as they are actually played; in the form of strumming slashes; but it lacks accents marks which would have been helpful. Definitely not for the beginner but this format can be a good choice for the advancing intermediate guitarist.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Challenging; but good.By teacher/momInitially my daughter thought is was too difficult (shes had 7 yrs of piano); but likes to be able to play immediately. We ordered the EZ version used which took a couple of weeks only to have her learn these songs. It is more difficult; but if youve had 5 plus years experience it might be challenging; but better than something you are bored with soon.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Jesus Chickgreat piano book and great shipping