Review:
An Amazon Best Book of April 2016: Geoff Manaugh has written a caper of a book. On one hand, he presents a 2,000-year history of break-ins, heists, and break-outs--a litany of unlikely, bent geniuses and their extraordinary efforts in the service of subverting and outwitting security, their energy often exceeding the requirements of straight-world success. On another, Manaugh draws on the real-world experience and acumen of criminals and security experts alike--as well as his own esoteric architectural sensibility, as seen in his fantastic BLDGBLOG--analyzing structures from the perspectives of would-be breakers-and-enterers--those possessed of a sort of spatial disorder that prevents them from using architecture like the rest of us--and those who would keep them out. Unexpected and engrossing, A Burglar’s Guide to the City will change the way you look at buildings.--Jon Foro
About the Author:
GEOFF MANAUGH is the author of BLDGBLOG (bldgblog.com), one of the most acclaimed architecture sites on the web. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, New Scientist, The Los Angeles Times, and many other publications, including the live-event series Pop-Up Magazine. He has also lectured and taught at design institutions around the world.
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