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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Plates bright and vivid. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> There were two critical periods in my formation: the first was my schooling at the University of Tucuman which was extraordinary with great intellectual effervescence. At Illinois there was no comparison. I was much better prepared than anyone there. I had a solid understanding of the principles of the Modern movement and I knew how to use theoretical constructs to design with-that’s perhaps why my professor was impressed with me and recommended me to his friend John Dinkeloo who offered me a job with Saarinen. This was most important in my development. It is one thing to get trained in a school where you learn what architecture is about. but another to become an architect. In one you learn theories about swimming but in the other you have to jump in the water and swim and are properly coached. This is what happened with Saarinen. Good sometimes great architecture was being done there and we were part of it. All that it takes to produce good architecture was there open to our eyes. It was being created by Saarinen’s efforts which were visible to us and by our own efforts which we could interpret as we wished. Usually great architecture is seen as this thing that mysteriously happens produced by extraordinary beings. The truth is that it is done by means that everyone has some more than others. (MP)