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Posted by Kris Krieger on January 29, 2008, 2:21 pm
>> in
>> et...
>>
>> > "JohnSilber's'Architecture of the Absurd'...is a thoughtful
>> > argument against the excesses of 'designer' architects and
>> > urban-planning utopians. Mr.Silber, the former president of Boston
>> > University,...is an architect's son and a professional philosopher
>> > who, as the president of a major university for 25 years, directed
>> > the construction of buildings totaling 13 million square feet of
>> > floor area...His critique of today's architectural culture has a
>> > hard-nosed clarity that is seldom found in today's writing about
>> > architecture..."
>>
>> > Wall Street Journal article:http://301url.com/eqk
>>
>> Like I've asked before, who is dumber: the architect who makes a fool
>> out himself for personal gain or the client who hires him? I'm
>> starting to get impatient with the constant slagging of architects as
>> a group for the missteps of a celebrated few.
>>
>> Why doesn't anyone slag the fools who paid silly sums to hire the
>> fools to moon the public? Architects are generally outnumbered by
>> their clients. If we're fault-finding, why not slag the fools who
>> said yes to the preposterously expensive, destined-to-leak freak?
>>
>> Thanks for the link, though. Anything that puts an earlier end to the
>> cult of genius is a good thing by me.
>
> Down with Mensa! :)~
>
> I received Architecture of the Absurd for Christmas (thanks, Dad!) and
> I'm about halfway done. Anyone else read the book?
>
> R
>
OK, this is available at Amazon.com and it sounds interesting to me.
What my request is, is this:
Would you (the plural form, as in, posters in general) be willing to post
your recomendations of interesting reading for non-architects? I'd be very
interested in compiling a listing of things to get and read for the year,
and woudl really appreciate soem good receommendations.
Thanks!
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Posted by RicodJour on January 29, 2008, 5:13 pm
> "Kris Krieger"> wrote
>
> > What my request is, is this:
> > Would you (the plural form, as in, posters in general) be willing to post
> > your recomendations of interesting reading for non-architects? I'd be
> > very
> > interested in compiling a listing of things to get and read for the year,
> > and woudl really appreciate soem good receommendations.
>
> Perfect timing, just got a fresh load in from amazon this morning, thanks to
> my wifes xmas gift card.
>
> First on the list, and I've only read a couple pages so far is,
> "The 4-Hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferris.
> ~Escape the 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich.~
>
> Next up,
> "The Ultimate Sales Machine" by Chet Holmes.
> ~Turbocharge your business with relentless focus on 12 strategies~
>
> Then a sort of recreational read recommended by my son that he said will be
> enlightening:
> "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman
> ~This is one of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a tremendous
> feat of imaginative reporting~
>
> There's a 4th one coming in a later delivery but don't remember what it is.
>
> I priced all of these at B&N and Borders a couple weeks ago in Bloomington
> and Amazon is far less money.
> That 3rd book alone was $10 more at the bookstores.
> All of the above are hardback.
Kris asked for architectural reading for a non-architect, not non-
architectural reading for non-architects.
Kris, are construction related books allowed on that list, or just
architectural/design?
R
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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 29, 2008, 8:35 pm
>> "Kris Krieger"> wrote
>>
>> > What my request is, is this:
>> > Would you (the plural form, as in, posters in general) be willing to
>> > post
>> > your recomendations of interesting reading for non-architects? I'd be
>> > very
>> > interested in compiling a listing of things to get and read for the
>> > year,
>> > and woudl really appreciate soem good receommendations.
>>
>> Perfect timing, just got a fresh load in from amazon this morning, thanks
>> to
>> my wifes xmas gift card.
>>
>> First on the list, and I've only read a couple pages so far is,
>> "The 4-Hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferris.
>> ~Escape the 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich.~
>>
>> Next up,
>> "The Ultimate Sales Machine" by Chet Holmes.
>> ~Turbocharge your business with relentless focus on 12 strategies~
>>
>> Then a sort of recreational read recommended by my son that he said will
>> be
>> enlightening:
>> "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman
>> ~This is one of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a
>> tremendous
>> feat of imaginative reporting~
>>
>> There's a 4th one coming in a later delivery but don't remember what it
>> is.
>>
>> I priced all of these at B&N and Borders a couple weeks ago in
>> Bloomington
>> and Amazon is far less money.
>> That 3rd book alone was $10 more at the bookstores.
>> All of the above are hardback.
>
> Kris asked for architectural reading for a non-architect, not non-
> architectural reading for non-architects.
>
> Kris, are construction related books allowed on that list, or just
> architectural/design?
I think Kris would like "A Pattern Language" by Christopher Alexander...
Has to be read in small bites followed by long periods of rumination.
--
MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca
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Posted by Kris Krieger on January 30, 2008, 1:17 am
>> "Kris Krieger"> wrote
>>
>> > What my request is, is this:
>> > Would you (the plural form, as in, posters in general) be willing
>> > to post your recomendations of interesting reading for
>> > non-architects? I'd be very
>> > interested in compiling a listing of things to get and read for the
>> > year, and woudl really appreciate soem good receommendations.
>>
>> Perfect timing, just got a fresh load in from amazon this morning,
>> thanks to my wifes xmas gift card.
>>
>> First on the list, and I've only read a couple pages so far is,
>> "The 4-Hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferris.
>> ~Escape the 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich.~
>>
>> Next up,
>> "The Ultimate Sales Machine" by Chet Holmes.
>> ~Turbocharge your business with relentless focus on 12 strategies~
>>
>> Then a sort of recreational read recommended by my son that he said
>> will be enlightening:
>> "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman
>> ~This is one of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a
>> tremendous feat of imaginative reporting~
>>
>> There's a 4th one coming in a later delivery but don't remember what
>> it is.
>>
>> I priced all of these at B&N and Borders a couple weeks ago in
>> Bloomington and Amazon is far less money.
>> That 3rd book alone was $10 more at the bookstores.
>> All of the above are hardback.
>
> Kris asked for architectural reading for a non-architect, not non-
> architectural reading for non-architects.
True, but the recommendations are kind of interesting anyway.
> Kris, are construction related books allowed on that list, or just
> architectural/design?
The level I can handle construction-wise is mostly like Construction
Techniques Illustrated (yes, I am a Francis D. K. Ching fan and will
eventually own all of his books). I like to learn how things are done,
but I don't have a technical background, so anything too detailed might
be a bti ebyond my level. I also can't go for any $500 book sets ;)
In the past, tho', people have mentioned several design, arch. ideas, and
general construction books that sounded intresting, but I lost my list of
links during one of my perennial Windows crashes :(
OTOH, after having spent so much time recovering the computer, I'm
feeling an antsy "information junkie" fit coming on (it's a reaction to
the boredom of staring at the registry etc. so much), so I'm looking for
reading recommendations from the folks here becuase I rather selfishly
figure it's one way for me to bypass books that are basicly just claptrap
<L!> No, seriously, I read the references that get made on this group to
various books, and woudl like to get in on understanding more.
The Business books might not be a bad idea, either - I've tried to make a
go of freelancing, and I can't just blame Windows for my, um, er, well
let's just say total lack of business acumen <ahem...>
My interests are wide - science, arts, psychology, gardening/botany - I'm
even reading the Koran, because I keep hearing poeple alk *about* it, but
decided to read it for myself, even if it is only in translation.
There is a structure/form to "it all" so to speak, and the more I learn,
the more fo the structure/form I can discern. What I like about
Architecture is that it's almost a sort of orrory, in an abstract
symbolic sort of way - the Universe has a form, and both Architecture an
dMusic work with analagous forms, with those forms of course including
both space and time.
OK, no, 'm not making any sense, but that's OK, it's almsot bedtime and
I'm having a nip of rum (no cranberry juice tho') - the point is that I'm
just interested in reading recommendations, because people here are
pretty intelligent overall and I live and breathe to be educated. If I'm
not either learning or creating, I get all shrivelly and cranky - which
is how this computer recovery is leaving me feeling :p
Construction is good. Should I read, oh what is his name, ?Vetruvius?,
or is that *too* much...?
Well, I should quit while I'm ahead (or at least before I get
behinder...) and shut this machine down and get some sleep. Thanks in
advance to everyone :)
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