Articles originally published 1997-2009 in the New Yorker, the New York Times and Metropolis magazine.
Includes index.
Introduction
Buildings that matter : Good vibrations ; High-tech bibliophilia ; Unconventional ; Seductive skins ; Spiraling upward ; Situation terminal ; Out of the blocks
Places and people : Bringing back Havana ; Casino royale ; Forbidden cities ; Many mansions ; The Eames team ; House proud ; Eminent domain ; Toddlin' town
New York : A helluva town ; Dior's new house ; Busy buildings ; High-tech emporiums ; Miami vice ; West Side fixer-upper ; Center stage ; The incredible hulk ; Triangulation ; Home ; Towers of Babble ; Gehry-rigged ; New York becomes like America ; A new beginning
Present and past : Shanghai surprise ; Why Washington slept here ; Athens on the interstate ; A royal defeat ; Down at the mall ; Requiem
Museums : The politics of building ; The people's Getty ; When in Rome ; Beaubourg grows up ; The supreme court ; Art houses ; A delicate balance ; Artistic license ; Outside the box ; Molto Piano ; Mile high ; Lenses on the lawn ; Bowery dreams ; Hello Columbus
Ways of living : A touch of crass ; Part perfect ; Glass is the new white rock ; Some assembly required ; Homes of the stars ; Green monster ; Disconnected urbanism ; The sameness of things.
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Building up and tearing down : reflections on the age of architecture by Paul Goldberger. ISBN 9781580932646. Published by Monacelli Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
