An Architect's Guide to Fame (Paperback)

Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Introduction;
Part I Paper Architecture; What is it about the Smithsons?; The Archigram Group; Boyarsky and the Architectural Association; Fame and the Changing Role of Drawing; Part II Bricks and Mortar; Switzerland ? Botta: Fame and Scale; Italy ? Rossi: Fame and Familiarity; The Netherlands ? Koolhaas and the Profession at Play; Germany ? (Un)edited Architecture; Wettbewerbe Aktuell; Spain ? The Fame Game; USA ? Ground Zero: 1,776 ft into Thin Air; Part III Conduits; Editors ? Architectural Design in the 1970s and 1980s; It’s not About the Work!; All The Kings Men; All The Kings Men and a Few Women; Part IV Portraits; The Portraits; Art, Architecture, Artists and Architects; A-List Architects; The Fall and Rise of Craig Ellwood; Situating Dalibor Vesely; The Psyche of the Unit Master; The Psyche of a Depressed and Disappointed Unit Master; Seeking Peter Zumthor; Kit Allsopp; The Chapter According to St John