Norval White    Author profile provided by WorldCat
Elliot Willensky    Author profile provided by WorldCat
Fran Leadon    Author profile provided by WorldCat
Oxford University Press, New York, 2010, English    List of all editions provided by WorldCat
Nonfiction, Architecture
9.9 x 4.8 x 1.6 inches, 1,088 pages, heavily illustrated throughout
ISBN: 9780195383867
Suggested Retail Price: $39.95

First published in 1968, the AIA Guide to New York City has long been the definitive guide to the city's architecture. Moving through all five boroughs, neighborhood by neighborhood, it offers the most complete overview of New York's significant places, past and present. The fifth edition continues to include places of historical importance—including extensive coverage of the World Trade Center site—while also taking full account of the construction boom of the first decade of the 2000s, a boom that gave rise to an unprecedented number of new buildings by such architects as Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, and Renzo Piano. All of the buildings included in the fourth edition have been revisited and re-photographed and much of the commentary has been rewritten, and coverage of the outer boroughs—particularly Brooklyn—has been expanded.

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Deborah Berke

The original version of this indispensable guidebook, by Norval White and Elliot Willensky, was the first architecture-related book I received as a gift. That copy was much used and is now really beat-up. Fran Leadon did a great job with Norval White in creating this carefully updated version, still full of opinions as well as useful information. A must-own book for all New Yorkers.

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    • Dorothy Bramlage Public Library
    • Junction City, KS 66441 United States
    • 71 miles

Comments about AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.)

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1. Kirsten Sibilia 8/6/11 at 9:07 pm Flag

AIA Guide to NYC is an incredible survey of the built enviroment in New York City. Although this edition feels less essential than previous because of the variety of other (especially digital) NYC architectural resouces -- it still has a prime spot on my desk, and I refer to it often.

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