The Seduction of Place: The History and Future of the City

Joseph Rykwert

Oxford University Press, 2004 - Architecture - 305 pages

Joseph Rykwert explores the great cities of the modern world, examining their fabric and assessing how successfully they have met the needs of their inhabitants. The book covers city centres of the industrial revolution, exclusive gated suburbs of the 21st century, Parisian boulevards of Haussmann and the 'green' architecture of Emilio Ambasz.

Contents

• Finding Some Place in All the Space: 3
• 1 How We Got There: 21
• 2 First Aid: 43
• 3 House and Home: 75
• 4 Style Type and Urban Fabric: 103
• Lived Space and Virtual Space: 132
• 6 The Suburbs and the New Capitals: 160
• 7 The Heart of the City and the Capital of a Globe: 189
• 8 For the New Millennium?: 220
• Epilogue: 247
• Notes: 267
• Bibliography: 281
• Index: 291

About the author

Joseph Rykwert is Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of ten previous books, including The Idea of a Town, and is an eminent and widely-respected author in both Britain and America.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Seduction of Place: The History and Future of the City
• Author: Joseph Rykwert
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0192805541, 9780192805546
• Length: 305 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Criticism; Architecture / History / General; Art / History / General; History / General; Social Science / Sociology / Urban