Book-Event of the Moment

David Rockwell, an architect known as much for set design as for architecture and interiors, and whose work is self-described as a "quirky pluralism", has a new book.

Spectacle is "a visual essay documenting the notion and history of spectacle, those public performances and happenings that galvanize hordes of people and, if only for a brief moment, express the culture of our time in mass participation." Here's a taste. In its documentation of images influencing the author/architect it reminds me of John Pawson's popular book Minimum. Not coincidentially, both are published by Phaidon Press.

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To celebrate the publication of Rockwell's book, The Architectural League (with the Municipal Art Society’s Urban Center Books) is hosting a panel discussion on Wednesday, November 1 with David Rockwell and Bruce Mau, moderated by Chee Pearlman. It's at 6:30 p.m. at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue.

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  2. This book is like so 5 years ago--in the bad way.

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  3. Do you know if an when it will available in german bookstores?

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