In postwar Europe and the Middle East, Hilton hotels were quite literally "little Americas." For American businessmen and tourists, a Hilton Hotel—with the comfortable familiarity of an English-speaking staff, a restaurant that served cheeseburgers and milkshakes, trans-Atlantic telephone lines, and, most important, air-conditioned modernity—offered a respite from the disturbingly alien. For impoverished local populations, these same features lent the Hilton a utopian aura. The Hilton was a space of luxury and desire, a space that realized, permanently and...
In postwar Europe and the Middle East, Hilton hotels were quite literally "little Americas." For American businessmen and tourists, a Hilton Hote...
Jerusalem currently stands at the center of a violent controversy that threatens the stability of both the Middle East and the world. This volatility, observes Annabel JaneWharton, is only the most recent manifestation of a centuries-old obsession with the control of the Holy City military occupation and pilgrimage being two familiar forms of ownership. Wharton makes the innovative argument here that the West has also sought to possess Jerusalem by acquiring its representations. From relics of the True Cross and Templar replicas of the Holy Sepulchre to Franciscan recreations of the...
Jerusalem currently stands at the center of a violent controversy that threatens the stability of both the Middle East and the world. This volatility,...
Documents the genesis and design of the museum, which opens on October 2, 2005. With an essay, a design statement, a foreword, and photos, this book documents the building that will become a cornerstone for cultural activities for the university and the public.
Documents the genesis and design of the museum, which opens on October 2, 2005. With an essay, a design statement, a foreword, and photos, this book d...
Buildings are not benign; rather, they commonly manipulate and abuse their human users. Architectural Agents makes the case that buildings act in the world independently of their makers, patrons, owners, or occupants. And often they act badly.
Treating buildings as bodies, Annabel Jane Wharton writes biographies of symptomatic structures in order to diagnose their pathologies. The violence of some sites is rooted in historical trauma; the unhealthy spatial behaviors of other spaces stem from political and economic ruthlessness. The places examined range from the Cloisters...
Buildings are not benign; rather, they commonly manipulate and abuse their human users. Architectural Agents makes the case that buildings a...
