New Edition of Architectures Premier Reference Book Just Released – The Almanac of Architecture & Design 2004/Fifth Edition
New Edition of ArchitectureÂs Premier Reference Book Just Released –
The Almanac of Architecture & Design 2004/Fifth Edition
Atlanta (PRWEB) March 3, 2004 -
The latest edition of the Almanac of Architecture & Design includes more than 700 pages of updated facts and features with new chapters on emerging topicsÂand striking cover art featuring the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava. The 2004 edition compiles facts, independent research, records, essays and awards. For example: the 100 most significant U.S. art museums and their architectural history; comprehensive lists of major U.S. sports arenas and their designers; Pritzker, AIA Gold Medal, Architecture Firm of the Year and Topaz Awards recipients; and notable speeches and essays from the past year, including contributions from The New YorkerÂs architecture critic Paul Goldberger, urban planning authority Léon Krier and 2003 AIA president Thom Penney.
“Indispensable for any public library, any design firm, and any school of architecture, landscape architecture, or interior design … solid, reliable, and remarkably complete.” ÂRobert Campbell, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, The Boston Globe
Also included are results of the annual survey of the countryÂs best and largest firms on which colleges and universities produce the best designers. (Harvard led the masterÂs degree rankings this year.) Other new features: chapters on the green and sustainable design movement, and the history of women in the profession. Also, updated sections include rankings of the countryÂs largest firms; lists of the worldÂs tallest buildings and best skylines; design & historic preservation; and much moreÂ
Since the first edition debuted in 2000, design professionals have used the Almanac as the professionÂs most comprehensive and entertaining reference.
About the Editors:
James P. Cramer and Jennifer Evans Yankopolus bring a unique perspective to the Almanac of Architecture & Design. Cramer, a former CEO of The American Institute of Architects, is the author of the acclaimed Design Plus Enterprise: Seeking a New Reality in Architecture and Design, now in its second printing. His most recent book is How Firms Succeed: A Field Guide to Design Management, written with Scott Simpson. A leading speaker, consultant and futurist, Cramer is also adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Hawaii. Jennifer Evans Yankopolus is an author and architectural historian.
About the Publisher:
Greenway Communications is an Atlanta-based strategic planning, research, management and communications company serving the architecture and design community. http://www.greenwayconsulting.com
Reviews:
ÂThe essential and definitive tool for architecture and design facts, ÂNorman Koonce, CEO, The American Institute of Architects
ÂThe Almanac of Architecture & Design is more than a mere compilation of numbers and words and charts and graphs … It is about ideas as well as information,” ÂBlair Kamin, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, Chicago Tribune
“The reader who uses this book well will come away with a richer sense of the texture of the profession and of the architecture it produces.” ÂPaul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic, The New Yorker
Almanac of Architecture & Design 2004/Fifth Edition
James P. Cramer and Jennifer Evans Yankopolus, Editors
Published by Greenway Communications; Distributed by National Book Network
Pub Date: February 2004
Retail Price: $ 49.50
Pages: 750
ISBN: 0-9675477-7-6
http://www.di.net/almanac
For immediate release
Contact: Jennifer Evans Yankopolus
(770) 209-3776
Fax: (770) 209-3778
Email: jyank@greenwayconsulting.com
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