Norman Weinstein reviews Sorkin's new book All Over the Map. Sorkin, he says, is at his best when exposing the injustices of architecture.
All Over the Map: Writing on Buildings and Cities
Weinstein says that Sorkin's criticism possesses "a vinegary tang":
"With so much architectural criticism today veering between laudatory portraits of architectural celebrities on the one hand, and ideological and theoretically-loaded cultural critiques of architects on the other, it is refreshing to read a critic who scans the landscape exposing scams, and heralding genuinely livable, sustainable, and occasionally even affordable urban architecture."
Weinstein pulls some choice quotes, including Sorkin's take on Rem Koolhaas' Prada store.
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