The State of Architecture at the Beginning of the 21st Century
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As its ambitious title suggests, this collection of some 60 essays, manifestos and ruminations covers a lot of ground, but—as is often the case with such an assemblage of voices—that ground, writing-wise, is bumpier in some areas than others. The pieces come from talks presented at a Columbia University architecture conference, and in general, the most successful ones offer concrete solutions or sum up current architectural issues.