![]() Stern Bernard Tschumi and, Todd Williams & Billie Tsien. Over two days Ive emptied 30 of the 32 boxes, many of which arrived in a state not unlike immense. "Architects and Their Books" features the libraries of: Stan Allen Henry Cobb Liz Diller & Ric Scofidio Peter Eisenman Michael Graves Steven Holl Toshiko Mori Richard Meier Michael Sorkin Robert A. Below is a visual representation of the unpacking, which I unfortunately will describe in prosaic fashion, unlike Walter Benjamin, whose evocative 'Unpacking My Library: A Talk About Book Collecting' is one of my favorite essays in Illuminations. An inspiring cross-section of notable libraries, this beautiful book celebrates the arts of reading and collecting. Unpacking My Library: A Talk about Book Collecting by Walter Benjamin II Presented by M. He invites his reader to join him among piles of volumes that are seeing daylight again after two years of darkness. A German philosopher and cultural critic, Benjamin begins his talk describing the scene in which he is unpacking his library. Unpacking My Library: A Talk about Collecting Walter Benjamin, Jason Kavett (Translator) 3.75 208 ratings33 reviews In this essay, written in 1931, Walter Benjamin narrates the process of unpacking his library. Each architect also presents a reading list of top ten influential titles, from architectural history to theory to fiction and nonfiction, that serves as a personal philosophy of literature and history, and advice on what every young architect, scholar, and lover of architecture should read. My Library: A Talk About Book Collecting. Summary: Benjamin seeks to describe book collectors and the means they acquire their collectionsby writing books, borrowing them with intent of not returning, purchasing them, and inheriting them. Photographs of bookshelves - displaying well-loved and rare volumes, eclectic organizational schemes, and the individual touches that make a bookshelf one's own - provide an evocative glimpse of their owner's personal life. Unpacking My Library: A Talk about Book Collecting. What does a library say about the mind of its owner? How do books map the intellectual interests, curiosities, tastes, and personalities of their readers? What does the collecting of books have in common with the practice of architecture? "Unpacking My Library" provides an intimate look at the personal libraries of fourteen of the world's leading architects, alongside conversations about the significance of books to their careers and lives. Unpacking my library : a talk about book collecting / by Walter Benjamin.I needed income to bolster my collections of stamps and Sherlock Holmes novels. ![]() Someone told me that you could get paid to referee basketball games and where to go to find out about such weekend employment. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favourite novelists who share their collections with readers. An Introduction to the Translation of Baudelaire s Tableaux parisiens. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references. Photo courtesy of Science History Institute. ![]()
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