Just wonderful visually, and chock-full of food-for-thought quotes. I liked this one:
A range of observers of architecture are now suggesting that the field may be bankrupt, the profession itself impotent, and the methods inapplicable to contemporary design tasks. It is further suggested that collectively they are incapable of producing pleasant, livable, and humane environments, except perhaps occasionally and then only by chance.
The book is an in-depth examination of buildings "whole in time" - not just in space - of how buildings are more or less adaptable to the changing needs of the quick and squishy beings inside. As such, it makes very useful reading for anyone in a profession that has bought into "the architect" as role model.
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