Book Review: 'Why Architecture Matters'

Reviews of "Why Architecture Matters" by Blair Kamin and "Preserving the World's Great Cities," by Anthony Tung.

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October 18, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

'Why Architecture Matters' by Blair Kamin "tackles how architecture shapes the way that we live...Kamin's pieces are worth reading for anyone who loves cities, because he's so good at conveying how individual buildings are parts of a greater whole" Anthony Tung's 'Why Architecture Matters' "doesn't have the easy spark of Kamin's -- the obligatory history of each locale grows repetitious, and the same points are made over and over. Still, there's real value in seeing how different cultures have tried to save remnants of their histories."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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