Some Assembly Required

Michael Sorkin

University of Minnesota Press, 2001 - Architecture - 250 pages

Michael Sorkin is widely hailed as one of the best architecture critics writing today. Iconoclastic and often controversial, he is a witty, entertaining, yet ultimately serious writer. In this new collection, Sorkin reviews the state of contemporary architecture and surveys the dramatic changes in the urban environment of the past decade. From New York to New Delhi, from Shanghai to Cairo, Sorkin offers a sweeping assessment of the impact of globalization, environmental degradation, electronic media, rapid growth, and the legacies of modernist planning.

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In contrast to his Exquisite Corpse compilation of essays jam-packed with levity, this is Sorkin as serious, environmentally concerned, almost-eco-terrorist. The only funny offerings are some of his odd-ball urban schemes.

About the author

Michael Sorkin is principal of Michael Sorkin Studio & director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design at the City College of New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Some Assembly Required
• Author: Michael Sorkin
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0816634823, 9780816634828
• Length: 250 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Criticism