Almanac of Architecture & Design 2001 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967547717 ISBN 13: 9780967547718

Publisher: Greenway Communications, 2001

Synopsis

The annual Almanac of Architecture & Design is the essential and definitive tool for architecture and design - including architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, industrial design, historic preservation, and planning - and the only sourcebook of its kind.

The 2001 edition is fully updated and expanded with a foreword by Blair Kamin, the Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic from the Chicago Tribune. New additions include speeches by recent award winners Rem Koolhaas, Ricardo Legorreta, Art Gensler; essays by recent interior design and architecture graduates; the 2001 Top 15 Schools for Architecture and Interior Design; updated salary and compensation guide for architects and designers; over 20 worldwide design museums and their 2001 exhibition calendars; revised list of the world's tallest buildings and best skylines; enhanced list of specialty design bookstores; complete 2001 design calendar with competition deadlines and conference dates; profiles of innovative 20th century women design leaders; latest historic preservation award winners and programs; improved directory of design colleges & universities; 2001 leading 100 firms survey results; state capitols and their architects; fully updated design and construction statistics; firm rankings and benchmarks; recent obituaries of design leaders; and the Top 25 Most Visited Historic House Museums for 2001.

About this title

About the Author

The Almanac of Architecture & Design's editor, James P. Cramer, is the founder and chairman of the Greenway Group and Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Hawaii. He researches, consults, and gives seminars leading professional firms around the world. He is also the author of numerous articles and several books, including the critically acclaimed Design + Enterprise, Seeking a New Reality in Architecture. He is also co-author of the upcoming How Firms Succeed, A Field Guide to Management Solutions. Cramer is the former Chief Executive of The American Institute of Architects in Washington D.C. and the former President of the American Architectural Foundation. He is currently the Co-chair of the Washington D.C.-based think-tank, the Design Futures Council. An educator, futurist, and business advisor, he is currently leading workshops on technology advancements and pending value migration changes in the design professions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenway Communications
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967547717
• ISBN 13: 9780967547718
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 641
• Editor: James P. Cramer