Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service through Architecture
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  • A must-read for ALL socially-conscious architects!
  • Architecture with a Heart
Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service through Architecture

Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1568983913

Book Description

It may come as no surprise that only two percent of new homebuyers work directly with an architect to design the space in which they will live indeed, architects are usually seen as a luxury most of us, the other ninety-eight percent, can t afford.
Yet, why shouldn t more people call on the services of architects? With fierce competition for few commissions, why do architects not seek out other sources of work and income? Now, acting within larger institutions or on their own, many architects are taking local initiatives to address the underserved, particularly the poor. Good Deeds, Good Design presents the best new thoughts and practices in this emerging movement toward an architecture that serves a broader population. In this book, architecture firms, community design centers, design/build programs, and service-based organizations offer their plans for buildings for the other ninety-eight percent. Twenty-eight essays and case studies illustrate successes and failures and raise both design and social issues.
The success of Rural Studio suggests that there is a large and growing number of people who would like to see good design for all. With its clear, direct, and inspiring message, and numerous illustrated examples, Good Deeds, Good Design follows this important story.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Couldn't read it - PRINT IS TOO SMALL.......2006-12-28

This is my first "review" of a book I didn't read because the print was too small. I'm hoping more people who share this issue will complain via their reviews and publishers will get the message.

I order most of the books I read from the library, so I don't know if a book is "readable" till I get it. I don't need "large print" books, but there's no excuse for a 6"x9" paperback book to use print this small.

5 out of 5 stars A must-read for ALL socially-conscious architects!.......2005-03-06

Bell's book neatly encapsulates all the best thinking being done on the cutting edge where architecture meets social consciousness. Probably nobody in the United States is more qualified to address the subject of architecture for the less-advantaged, and its potential for positive impact in their lives. As a young man, Bell left a highly prestigious position in New York to live in a cold-water cabin in Pennsylvania and formulate ideas about the role architecture might play in the lives of those not traditionally served by good design. Bell gained influence as the founder of Design Corps and a teacher at the Rural Studio, and has since become a sought-after lecturer. "Good Deeds, Good Design" collects the best thinking about socially-conscious design in one compact book. It should be required reading for both students and practitioners interested in this burgeoning area of architecture.

5 out of 5 stars Architecture with a Heart.......2004-01-18

Good Deeds, Good Design challenges the reader to re-think, or at the very least further refine his perspective on architecture for those who cannot afford an architect. While all the essays promote the premise that the enhancement of life by good design should be made available for those who can least afford it, they approach the "how","what" and even the "why" questions from very different perspectives.

Bell has done an excellent job of compiling these very different points of view in order to make the reader think. I have thought about some point or other from the essays almost every day for the past two weeks, and may well mull many of them over for years.

The great stories told by the case studies, like the elderly native american woman who moved from living in a school bus to a home, or the village which was given a place to gather and to worship, inspire the reader to take up the cause and act. This book should be required reading for every student of architecture (and probably for every public policy wonk as well).

The Big Book of Flip Charts
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  • The Big Book of Flip Charts
  • The Best one there is
  • Easy to read and comprehensive
The Big Book of Flip Charts
Robert W. Lucas
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ASIN: 0071343113

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With all the razzle-dazzle technology around, there’s still no more lively, informative, and audience-friendly way to make an impact than with flip charts. But using flip charts well is a skill. Here’s a book that provides you with the proven techniques that will make you shine. You’ll learn the basic design principles and artistic "tricks of the trade" that give a flip chart a professional look: Selecting and arranging lettering that makes an impact all the way to the back of the room … Transporting and setting up flip charts … Arranging the presentation room … Finding the best, most dependable equipment--including easels, paper, masking tape, and markers … Jazzing up your flip chart with "ready-to-copy" graphics … Devising flip chart activities that lead to brainstorming and team problem-solving. Soon, even the least artistic presenter will know how to develop pro-level flip charts that can make every presentation come alive.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Useful but a little disappointing.......2007-01-23

Perhaps I didn't get this correctly but this book didn't really live up to my expectations.

I did learn some stuff from it and have used some of it since, but I actually expected a little more from it.

Possibly I was expecting a little too much. If you are after something that will tell you some of the basics of working with flip charts, designs of flip charts and a little bit about the type of hardware then this is a good one.

If you are after something that will help you to create dynamic sessions, push the limits of visual aids, and drive people into more thoughtful training sessions then this book is only partly useful.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Product.......2006-02-27

As an instructor I look for many products that will assist myself and participants of my train-the-trainer workshops. Although I've purchased and used other flip chart reference information, I found the BIG BOOK of FLIP CHARTS to me informative, well illustrated and to the point. I puchased 5 copies and would recommend it to anyone in the training field that uses flip charts. The cover was also very colorful and gave great insight on what was inside.

5 out of 5 stars The Big Book of Flip Charts.......2005-09-06

Good service, book in excellent condition. Received in a timely mannner. Thanks.

5 out of 5 stars The Best one there is.......2002-03-08

Don't even consider any other flip chart book, they don't come close. This one has it all.. designing flip charts, arranging them, writing them, making them visually interesting. Tons of useful and helpful information.

This book, together with Picture's Worth 1,000 Words: A Workbook for Visual Communications by Jean Westcott and Jennifer Hammond Landau are all you need to become an effective visual communicator, even if you can't draw anything! If you think you're just not good with flip charts, buy these two and prepare to amaze yourself with the transformation!

5 out of 5 stars Easy to read and comprehensive.......2000-07-02

I bought this book expecting to get a couple new ideas...boy was I surp rised. I got dozens of new tips that I'd never seen anywhere else. This guy knows his stuff related to flip charts!I'd highly recommend it to new and seasoned trainers and presenters.
The Big Book of Flip Charts - A Comprehensive Guide for Presenters, Trainers and Facilitators
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    The Big Book of Flip Charts - A Comprehensive Guide for Presenters, Trainers and Facilitators
    Robert W., Lucas
    Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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    ASIN: B000OFSEC2

    River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Stunning writing
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    • Solnit Takes on the West, Photography and Doesn't Disappoint
    • Unique story of the pre-modern West
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    River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
    Rebecca Solnit
    Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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    ASIN: 0142004103
    Release Date: 2004-03-02

    Book Description

    The world as we know it today began in California in the late 1800s, and Eadweard Muybridge had a lot to do with it. This striking assertion is at the heart of Rebecca Solnit's new book, which weaves together biography, history, and fascinating insights into art and technology to create a boldly original portrait of America on the threshold of modernity. The story of Muybridge—who in 1872 succeeded in capturing high-speed motion photographically—becomes a lens for a larger story about the acceleration and industrialization of everyday life. Solnit shows how the peculiar freedoms and opportunities of post-Civil War California led directly to the two industries—Hollywood and Silicon Valley—that have most powerfully defined contemporary society.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Stunning writing.......2007-06-12

    Rebecca Solnit is an amazing writer. She brings to the surface all the hidden currents of the Muybridge story in a narrative that is at once informative and moving. This book constantly surprised and delighted me with its deep insights and fascinating details. Not only is it well researched, but the results of the research are germane to the story and are all neatly brought together. It was a pleasure to discover that fine writing like this still exists. I can't wait to read her other books now that I have found her.

    5 out of 5 stars This is a marvellous book.......2007-03-26

    This is a splendid book, intelligent,stimulating, the best kind of cultural history. It illuminates the origins of photography, cinema, and the construction of the American west.

    5 out of 5 stars Solnit Takes on the West, Photography and Doesn't Disappoint.......2007-03-02

    Muybridge was an interesting character aside from his pioneering landscape photography and motion studies. Rebecca Solnit is an interesting character aside from her accessibility and easy readable style. She is uncommonly skilled in describing her subject and what he did as well as explaining the historical context and landscape into which Muybridge inserted himself.

    Gold rush California was a wild and raw landscape, filled with the last gasps of the American frontier as the Sierra was trampled by the world's riffraff. Muybridge dragged his huge camera into the mountains capturing images of Yosemite from perspectives many of us with much lighter cameras and easier trails wouldn't dream of attempting.

    While Solnit makes a reasonable case for Muybridge's pioneering technology work in pre-motion pictures as well as still photography, she misses the continuing photographic California thread down the road from Leland Stanford's Palo Alto ranch, where Silicon Valley turned the telephoto lens around and photographically shrank designs onto silicon wafers. A minor point.

    Nevertheless, this book, like her Savage Dreams, is an exquisite bit of California and photographic history. Anyone with an interest in Yosemite, landscape and nature photography should have this on their bookshelf!

    5 out of 5 stars Unique story of the pre-modern West.......2007-01-10

    Few authors have tied together the many facets of the post civil war, pre-modern West as well as Rebecca Solnit. Her literary vehicle is a man as strange as his name, Eadweard Muybridge. Of course you can also read this book to learn about the early days of photography and the technology which preceeds motion pictures. For either reason this is an excellent biography and will serve the inteerests of many readers.

    5 out of 5 stars Interesting Reading.......2006-06-01

    Solnit has some interesting things to say about Muybridge's photography, and about how photography, our self image as a society, and even California's culture of rebirth, innovation, and redemption are tied up. But even apart from such heady stuff, Muybridge was a rascal who lived an interesting life (besides his photography, he murdered his wife's lover and invented the technology that is the basis for movies). So read this book, you'll enjoy it, and maybe learn a bit too.
    River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
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      Rebecca Solnit
      Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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      ASIN: B000OJ9SKU
      California Dreaming.(Book Review) (book review): An article from: American Scholar
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        California Dreaming.(Book Review) (book review): An article from: American Scholar
        Sarah Dry
        Manufacturer: Phi Beta Kappa Society
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Digital
        ASIN: B0008DEHDA
        Release Date: 2005-07-31

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        This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on March 22, 2003. The length of the article is 1668 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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        Title: California Dreaming.(Book Review) (book review)
        Author: Sarah Dry
        Publication: American Scholar (Refereed)
        Date: March 22, 2003
        Publisher: Phi Beta Kappa Society
        Volume: 72 Issue: 2 Page: 147(4)

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        HEATHCLIFF SMOOTH SAILING
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          ASIN: B000GR2L1I
          Heathcliff Smooth Sailing
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            Heathcliff Smooth Sailing
            George Gately
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            ASIN: B000Q0VM06
            Heathcliff Smooth Sailing
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                  Heathcliff: Smooth Sailing
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                    Geo Gately
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                    Heathcliff smooth sailing
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                      Heathcliff smooth sailing
                      Geo Gately
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                      ASIN: B000QR3V7G

                      First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work
                      Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                      • Laugh out loud fun!
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                      First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work
                      Rinker Buck
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                      From the author of the acclaimed coming-of-age story Flight of Passage comes a rollicking memoir of a special time of his-and everyone else's-life. Rinker Buck's First Job is an enchanting and engaging book that not only captures the experience of being a "22-year-old with the maxed out brain," but also lyrically evokes a special time and place-the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts in the early 1970s. First Job is, on its most basic level, the story of Buck's years as a cub reporter at The Berkshire Eagle, a great country newspaper in its glory years, when it won a Pulitzer Prize and served as the launching pad for many journalists' careers. But on a deeper level, it is a story that serves as a paradigm for everyone's first job, replete with mentors who guided Buck through that raw and anxious time; lovers and friends who exposed him to new levels of intimacy, vulnerability, and self-awareness; and adventures that could only have happened to a young man who didn't know any better. Everyone had a first job, and with rare storytelling power and emotions laid bare, Buck brings back just how it felt.

                      Customer Reviews:

                      3 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud fun!.......2003-08-05

                      Rinker Buck has captured all the excitement, innocence, pluck, and wide-eyed enthusiasm in "First Job." I can't imagine anyone coming of age in the early 1970s who couldn't relate to his story. His ability in describing the lushness of the Berkshires is on a level with James Michener. Without the self-congratulatory sexual conquests, this could have been a near-perfect read. How much sexier the story could have been with just a hint of the romantic entanglements. Seems like an awful lot of explaining to do to the women in his family! That said, I'd still recommend this as a truly fun read. Way to go, Rinky!

                      4 out of 5 stars Skip the sex scenes.......2003-05-05

                      I've read Rinker Buck's articles in the newspaper and was interested in this book because of the setting which is my neck of the woods. I had been alerted about the sex scenes.

                      Wonderful descriptions of the landscape and the people around here, but the details of his affairs spoiled it. Do we really need to read about these? I skipped past them.

                      The best part may be the interview with John Wayne in Stockbridge. Description of the Red Lion Inn is on the mark, too. Have been to the bar in the basement and it was an interesting place.

                      5 out of 5 stars Read & Savor.......2003-01-29

                      Don't skim this book. Enjoy the story while you appreciate how carefully the author choses his words.

                      1 out of 5 stars Read @ Be Bored.......2002-10-04

                      This memoir is poorly written. I don't recommend this book to anyone.

                      1 out of 5 stars [Book] Written for Cash.......2002-10-04

                      I thought the book lacked content. In well written memoirs a reader searches for a certain down to earth quality. This book rings a false note. The sexual passages seemed as if they were designed to inflate the author's ego rather than provide insight. It seemed written to imply the author was a piece of meat in a lion cage...
                      Tales of a uoung Buck: First Job; a memoir of growing up at work. (Books).(Book Review): An article from: American Journalism Review
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                        Tales of a uoung Buck: First Job; a memoir of growing up at work. (Books).(Book Review): An article from: American Journalism Review
                        Carl Sessions Stepp
                        Manufacturer: University of Maryland
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                        Binding: Digital

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                        ASIN: B0008FVTCA
                        Release Date: 2005-07-30

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                        This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1054 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                        Title: Tales of a uoung Buck: First Job; a memoir of growing up at work. (Books).(Book Review)
                        Author: Carl Sessions Stepp
                        Publication: American Journalism Review (Refereed)
                        Date: December 1, 2002
                        Publisher: University of Maryland
                        Volume: 24 Issue: 10 Page: 59(1)

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                        SOCCER SUPERSTARS 1999-2000
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                            The Meat & Potatoes of Breastfeeding: Easy Nutritional Guidelines for Breastfeeding Moms
                            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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                            • I loved it!
                            • Good basic information but not enough detail for all moms.
                            • We have needed a book like this for years....two Thumbs up!!
                            The Meat & Potatoes of Breastfeeding: Easy Nutritional Guidelines for Breastfeeding Moms
                            Jill Dalley
                            Manufacturer: Footprint Press (TX)
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                            3 out of 5 stars nothing new.......2003-08-18

                            I read this book but it really isn't anything new compared to any other book about what breastfeeding mothers should eat.

                            5 out of 5 stars I loved it!.......2002-08-29

                            As a first-time mother who hadn't considered breastfeeding until my daughter was born, it just felt like the natural way to go. As we had encountered our first tough night, and couldn't calm our crying daughter, I wondered, was it something I ate? I frantically searched the web for help, and decided I needed an entire book on the subject. I ended up with several books, and this one was the quickest and easiest to read through. It has lists of possible "gas-producing foods", and "cow's milk-containing foods" that helped solve our problem. It was very down-to-earth, and explained everything I needed to know to help me understand how to best feed my daughter. She is now 8 months old, still breastfeeding (and on some solids), and is the happiest baby I know. Thank you!

                            3 out of 5 stars Good basic information but not enough detail for all moms........1999-08-26

                            This book would be wonderful for a first time mom or a mom who is breastfeeding for the first time and has a cranky child. The book has good nutrition guidelines and information on what might be causing your child to be distressed during or after feeding. If, however, you have been dealing with lactose or milk protein problems with your other children as babies, this book probably won't give you much more information than you already have. If you are like me, you've been searching for help on what foods could cause stomach upset, and how to deal with dairy problems in breastfeeding. This book gave me no new information. The recipes looked like good basic recipes but there was nothing there that I haven't seen in other cookbooks.

                            5 out of 5 stars We have needed a book like this for years....two Thumbs up!!.......1997-11-17

                            Jill Dalley deserves an award for her effort into this incredible book........She must have spent years on it's development and research......

                            Foreigners in the Confederacy
                            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                            • Over-loaded with information, but written with style
                            Foreigners in the Confederacy
                            Ella Lonn
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                            The Confederate armies included in their ranks a remarkable range of nationalities--among them Germans, Irish, Italians, French, Poles, Mexicans, Cubans, Hungarians, Russians, Swedes, Danes, and Chinese. Covering the complete story of the activities of the foreigners in the Confederacy--in both military and civil service--this book recognizes their many contributions to the cause of the South. First published in 1940, it remains the only work on the subject.

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                            4 out of 5 stars Over-loaded with information, but written with style.......2006-12-16

                            To acknowledge that this history of the role of foreigners in the Confederacy contains a great deal of information would be a gross understatement. The only way it could contain more information would be if Ms. Lonn had provided more examples as proof of her points, which would in no way make the work any better. It's true that there's a certain redundancy to her approach, and much of the book proceeds, paragraph by paragraph, on the simplest statement-followed-by-example basis. For example, in the chapter on foreign-born officers in the southern army Lonn merely goes nationality by nationality, rank by rank, citing examples. Her approach is the same no matter what the category. Fortunately she is still able to write with style as well as authority, and although the book is weighty factually, it never bogs down in academic dullness. It's still a lively book, with enough interesting anecdotal information sprinkled throughout to keep most readers reading. She brings to the work certain prejudices (the English are models of courage and intelligence, the Irish much less so), but overcompensating for that is her tenacity to give the foreign-born their due as important participants in the Civil War south, something that is still underappreciated today in the research done on the war. I enjoy history books that were written during a time when historians sought literary approval and didn't just have axes to grind. This is one of those books.
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                              Foreigners in the Confederacy
                              Ella Lonn
                              Manufacturer: Peter Smith
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                              Foreigners in the Confederacy
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                                Foreigners in the Confederacy
                                Ella Lonn
                                Manufacturer: University Of North Carolina Press
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                                FOREIGNERS IN THE CONFEDERACY
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                                  Manufacturer: University of North Carolina Press
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                                  Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture
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                                  • Hotels as Armaments
                                  • Conrad and Communism
                                  Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture
                                  Annabel Jane Wharton
                                  Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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                                  In postwar Europe and the Middle East, Hilton hotels were quite literally "little Americas." For American businessmen and tourists, a Hilton Hotel—with the comfortable familiarity of an English-speaking staff, a restaurant that served cheeseburgers and milkshakes, trans-Atlantic telephone lines, and, most important, air-conditioned modernity—offered a respite from the disturbingly alien. For impoverished local populations, these same features lent the Hilton a utopian aura. The Hilton was a space of luxury and desire, a space that realized, permanently and prominently, the new and powerful presence of the United States.

                                  Building the Cold War examines the architectural means by which the Hilton was written into the urban topographies of the major cities of Europe and the Middle East as an effective representation of the United States. Between 1953 and 1966, Hilton International built sixteen luxury hotels abroad. Often the Hilton was the first significant modern structure in the host city, as well as its finest hotel. The Hiltons introduced a striking visual contrast to the traditional architectural forms of such cities as Istanbul, Cairo, Athens, and Jerusalem, where the impact of its new architecture was amplified by the hotel's unprecedented siting and scale. Even in cities familiar with the Modern, the new Hilton often dominated the urban landscape with its height, changing the look of the city. The London Hilton on Park Lane, for example, was the first structure in London that was higher than St. Paul's cathedral.

                                  In his autobiography, Conrad N. Hilton claimed that these hotels were constructed for profit and for political impact: "an integral part of my dream was to show the countries most exposed to Communism the other side of the coin—the fruits of the free world." Exploring everything the carefully drafted contracts for the buildings to the remarkable visual and social impact on their host cities, Wharton offers a theoretically sophisticated critique of one of the Cold War's first international businesses and demonstrates that the Hilton's role in the struggle against Communism was, as Conrad Hilton declared, significant, though in ways that he could not have imagined.

                                  Many of these postwar Hiltons still flourish. Those who stay in them will learn a great deal about their experience from this new assessment of hotel space.

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                                  5 out of 5 stars Hotels as Armaments.......2002-01-18

                                  The weapons that won the Cold War include ICBMs and nuclear bombs flown on B-52s. These were threats, but never had to be deployed into action. But one weapon that did go into action was hotels. Hilton hotels. This is the surprising demonstration in _Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture_ (University of Chicago Press) by Annabel Jane Wharton. What is even more surprising is that Hilton hotels did not just participate in the capitalist boom that eventually dislodged the Soviet Union. They were deliberately placed, designed, and run to make a profit, to be sure, but also to dislodge the Red Threat. This is not just the author's speculation. Conrad Hilton made it explicit: "Let me say right here, that we operate hotels abroad for the same reason we operate them in this country - to make money for our stockholders... However, we feel that if we really believe in what we are all saying about liberty, about Communism, about happiness, that we, as a nation, must exercise our great strength and power for good against evil. If we really believe this, it is up to each of us, our organizations and our industries, to contribute to this objective with all the resources at our command." He was careful not to disparage our country's military, but said, "I will tell you frankly, satellites and H-bombs will not get the job done."

                                  Wharton has done an excellent job of giving a broad history of the overseas Hilton, while giving case studies of specific ones. The Istanbul Hilton, for instance, had all the usual amenities, like lawns (completely foreign to the area), tennis courts, and a swimming pool. It had the extraordinary feature, common in foreign Hiltons, of iced water piped into every room. However, the marquee covering cars that drove up to the entrance was a wavy horizontal structure that was referred to as the "flying carpet." The interior lobby had a series of domes in the ceiling, a bow to mosque designs, and there were teakwood screens and Turkish carpets. Work by local artisans decorated the public spaces. Nonetheless, you can see in the pictures (and in this book, there are many useful ones) that the Istanbul Hilton is still a concrete, metal, and glass box like nothing else around it. Old hotels concentrated on public rooms inside; the Hiltons looked out, with lots of glass in every room to supply a view. The view was carefully chosen. In Istanbul, it faced East, toward the Soviet Union, daring those Commies to look American modernity and wealth in the eyes.

                                  Wharton is a historian of medieval art. Her family used some of these hotels when she was growing up, and she has returned to them to give an architectural history of the Hilton overseas effort. (She could not visit two Hiltons now lost, the one in Havana and the one in Tehran.) It is a remarkable history, no longer active because the Cold War is over, and because others followed Hiltons into the modernism market. The Hilton hotels still exist, but they are just hotels now, not unique as architecture nor as Cold War armaments. They shaped the way American visitors viewed foreign capitals, and boosted American economic (and therefore political) policies. Conrad Hilton may not have won the Cold War, but he did more than plenty of the generals.

                                  5 out of 5 stars Conrad and Communism.......2001-07-15

                                  Annabel Wharton has written a stunning and brilliant book about the US, Europe and the Middle East during the 1950s and 1960s, the height of the Cold War. She tells the story of how Conrad Hilton and his hotel empire participated in the rebuilding of Western Europe and key spots in the Middle East in the wake of WWII by establishing the Hilton International hotels--architectural monuments to modernism--as "little Americas" away from home for US businessmen, tourists, and diplomats. She explores Hilton hotels in London, Berlin, Istanbul. Rome, Cairo , Athens and other locales. Wharton is a smart, witty writer, and this book is a great pleasure to read.
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                                    Title: Building the Cold War -- Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture. (Book Reviews). (book review)
                                    Publication: Architectural Science Review (Refereed)
                                    Date: March 1, 2002
                                    Publisher: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
                                    Volume: 45 Issue: 1 Page: 70(1)

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