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Nairn´s Paris: 2017
Ian Nairn
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Description for Nairn´s Paris: 2017
Hardback. .
Following on from the bestselling Nairn's Towns - a celebration of the city of Paris by cult figure Ian Nairn. Illustrated with original black and white images taken by Nairn himself. More than a guide book - this is a journey of discovery. Out of print since 1968, this is a unique guide book from the late, great architectural writer, Ian Nairn. Illustrated with the author's snaps of the city, Nairn gives his readers an idiosyncratic and unpretentious portrait of the 'collective masterpiece' that is Paris. 'Once you discover [Nairn]...you want to read everything he's written.' - Daily Telegraph
Following on from the bestselling Nairn's Towns - a celebration of the city of Paris by cult figure Ian Nairn. Illustrated with original black and white images taken by Nairn himself. More than a guide book - this is a journey of discovery. Out of print since 1968, this is a unique guide book from the late, great architectural writer, Ian Nairn. Illustrated with the author's snaps of the city, Nairn gives his readers an idiosyncratic and unpretentious portrait of the 'collective masterpiece' that is Paris. 'Once you discover [Nairn]...you want to read everything he's written.' - Daily Telegraph
Product Details
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910749494
SKU
V9781910749494
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About Ian Nairn
Ian Douglas Nairn (1930-1983) was a British architectural critic and topographer. He coined the term 'subtopia' for the areas around cities that had in his view been failed by urban planning, losing their individuality and spirit of place. Andrew Hussey is Professor of Cultural History at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. He lives in Paris.
Reviews for Nairn´s Paris: 2017
You could see that Nairn was made of equal parts of amiability and disagreeableness, that he could swoon, but only over the very finest things; that he could take joy in the most ordinary streetscape if it could be shown to make daily life better; and that he could always be counted on to prefer the work of an eccentric genius like Nicholas Hawksmoor over that of a sane and rational architect like Christopher Wren.
Paul Goldberger, Books Every Architect Should Read It's not easy to pigeonhole the late English writer Ian Nairn. But after reading his work you might rightly decide that there's no need to do so. His rubric doesn't matter because, whatever kind of writer he is, he follows his own meandering counsel, and the results are consistently brilliant.
James McWilliams, The Millions To call Ian Nairn a great architectural writer is too restrictive; he was a great writer who happened to write about buildings and places....Cities change, but the quality of Nairn's writing will always hold. He will take you to unexpected places, make you look at the familiar anew, or at least poke you into thinking about them again.
N. J. McGarrigle, The Irish Times As a guide to central Paris it would mostly still serve quite well.
Ian Brunskill, TLS, August 4, 2017 In Nairn's Paris the City of Light gets the fl neur it deserves: passionate, bilious, eloquently melancholy. This welcome and overdue re-issue compliments his masterpiece Nairn's London, confirming his status as our best topographical writer. At his best he has no equal.
David Collard Once you discover [Nairn] you want to read everything he's written.
The Daily Telegraph
Paul Goldberger, Books Every Architect Should Read It's not easy to pigeonhole the late English writer Ian Nairn. But after reading his work you might rightly decide that there's no need to do so. His rubric doesn't matter because, whatever kind of writer he is, he follows his own meandering counsel, and the results are consistently brilliant.
James McWilliams, The Millions To call Ian Nairn a great architectural writer is too restrictive; he was a great writer who happened to write about buildings and places....Cities change, but the quality of Nairn's writing will always hold. He will take you to unexpected places, make you look at the familiar anew, or at least poke you into thinking about them again.
N. J. McGarrigle, The Irish Times As a guide to central Paris it would mostly still serve quite well.
Ian Brunskill, TLS, August 4, 2017 In Nairn's Paris the City of Light gets the fl neur it deserves: passionate, bilious, eloquently melancholy. This welcome and overdue re-issue compliments his masterpiece Nairn's London, confirming his status as our best topographical writer. At his best he has no equal.
David Collard Once you discover [Nairn] you want to read everything he's written.
The Daily Telegraph