{"product_id":"mysteries-of-the-mall-and-other-essays-9780374538095","title":"Mysteries of the Mall and Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMysteries of the Mall\u003c\/i\u003e, Witold Rybczynski, the author of \u003ci\u003eHow Architecture Works\u003c\/i\u003e, casts a seasoned critical eye on the modern scene. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting of our metropolitan world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn thirty-four discerning essays, Rybczynski ranges over topics as varied as shopping malls, Central Park, the Op ra Bastille, and America's shrinking cities. Along the way, he examines our post-9\/11 obsession with security, the revival of the big-city library, the rise of college towns, our fascination with vacation homes, and Disney's planned community of Celebration. By looking at contemporary architects as diverse as Frank Gehry, Moshe Safdie, and Bing Thom, revisiting old masters such as Palladio, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright, and considering such unsung innovators as Stanley H. Durwood, the inventor of the cineplex, Rybczynski ponders the role of global metropolises in an age of tourism and reflects on what kinds of places attract us in the modern city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMysteries of the Mall\u003c\/i\u003e is required reading for anyone curious about the contemporary world and how it came to be the way it is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10452170\"\u003eWitold Rybczynski\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374538093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC011000\"\u003eBuildings | Public, Commercial \u0026amp; Industrial\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC005080\"\u003eHistory | Contemporary (1945 -)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC010000\"\u003eUrban \u0026amp; Land Use Planning\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitold Rybczynski\u003c\/b\u003e has written about architecture for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his award-winning books are \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Most Beautiful House in the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Clearing in the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. He is the winner of a 2014 National Design Award, and is an emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42655611748589,"sku":"9780374538095","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_d61a4d95-4c17-4807-93f5-a2acc897d278.jpg?v=1649280316","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/mysteries-of-the-mall-and-other-essays-9780374538095","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}