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.Īn inspiring cross-section of notable libraries, this beautiful book celebrates the arts of reading and collecting. 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: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favourite novelists who share their collections with readers. Monthly Roundup - new books, discounts, blog updates, and general interest Yale Press news. Edited by Jo Steffens and Matthias Neumann. I cannot march up and down their ranks to pass them in view before a friendly audience. The books are not yet on the shelves, not yet touched by the mild boredom of order. 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 twelve of the world's leading architects, alongside conversations about the significance of books to their careers and lives. Unpacking My Library Artists and Their Books. UNPACKING MY LIBRARY By Walter Benjamin A Talk about Book Collecting I am unpacking my library. Cobb: Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio: Peter Eisenman: Michael Graves: Steven Holl: Toshiko Mori: Michael Sorkin: Bernard Tschumi: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Making the Case for Brown University’s Stamp Collections. What I am really concerned with is giving you some insight into the relationship of a book collector to his possessions, into collecting rather than a collection." - Walter Benjamin, 1931 Unpacking my library: a talk about book collecting / Walter Benjamin: Architects and their books: Stan Allen: Henry N. 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. Unpacking My Library: A Talk About Collecting by Walter Benjamin Feb by sarahknight13 I enjoyed this essay originally delivered over the radio in 1931 because, as Benjamin describes the process of unpacking from boxes the thousands of books that he owned, he conveys a very intimate relationship with his collection. Be ready to share with me a bit of the mood-it is certainly not an elegiac mood but, rather, one of anticipation-which these books arouse in a genuine collector.
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