Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture

Paul Goldberger

Hardcover | 27.31 x 2.86 x 25.72 cm | 288 pp

Monacelli Press | 2009 | 9781580932646

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry, the CCTV Headquarters by Rem Koolhaas, the Getty Center by Richard Meier, the Times Building by Renzo Piano: Pulitzer Prize winning critic Paul Goldberger s tenure at The New Yorker has documented a captivating era in the world of architecture, one in which larger-than-life buildings, urban schemes, historic preservation battles, and personalities have commanded an international stage.

Goldberger's keen observations and sharp wit make him one of the most insightful and passionate architectural voices of our time. This collection of fifty-seven essays, ranges from Havana to Beijing, from Chicago to Las Vegas, dissecting everything from skyscrapers by Norman Foster and museums by Tadao Ando to airports, monuments, suburban shopping malls, and white-brick apartment houses. This is a comprehensive account of the best and the worst of the age of architecture.