{"product_id":"9781908967077","title":"A Few Years of Writing: Interspersed With Some Facts of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a body of work firmly at the heart of architectural theory and discourse, Robert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxwell is undoubtedly one of the most respected architectural writers and educators\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof recent times. Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Princeton University, Robert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxwell is a scholar known worldwide for critical writing that looks at modern and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtemporary architecture in relation to our wider culture, including art, literature and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emusic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Few Years of Writing: Interspersed with Some Facts of Life brings together\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea collection of over 30 of Maxwell's writings from the late twentieth century to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresent, through which are woven events and occasions from his own diary that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpand on debates in the world of architecture throughout the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTexts include \"Richard Rogers: an Evaluation\", first published in Casabella in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFebruary 1994; \"Sounds and Sweet Airs at Stuttgart\", a review of the Music School at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuttgart, in the RIBA Journal in October 1996; an obituary of Philip Johnson in The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitectural Review, in March 2005; and \"Eisenman: The Formal Basis of Modern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitecture\", in Building Design in September 2006. This engaging collection, at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eonce intimate and autobiographical, insightful and perceptive, as well as critical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand theoretical, results in a rich description of the culture of architecture across two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecades towards the close of the last century and during the early years of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Few Years of Writing: Interspersed with Some Facts of Life is the first of two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebooks of Robert Maxwell's writing to be published by Artifice, with the second coming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eout in Spring 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artifice Books on Architecture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043849093360,"sku":"9781908967077","price":27.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908967077_p0.jpg?v=1763624339","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908967077","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}