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Why Architecture Matters
- By: Paul Goldberger
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 77
The purpose of Why Architecture Matters is to "come to grips with how things feel to us when we stand before them, with how architecture affects us emotionally as well as intellectually" - with its impact on our lives. "Architecture begins to matter," writes Paul Goldberger, "when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Reading too mechanical
- By Petrie on 09-01-15
- Why Architecture Matters
- By: Paul Goldberger
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
What a waste of time.
Reviewed: 03-05-16
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
I have no idea who would enjoy this book. Grand job beating around a bush. It is so void of content I don't see why architecture was chosen as a topic, could have written just as well about yogurt.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Next listen will be a book that addresses people's concerns about architecture, the future outlook, and just about anything relevant to humankind. I'd listen to anybody who has something burning to say on the matter. This book is going back for a refund.
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Organizing Genius
- The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
- By: Warren Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4 out of 5 stars 38
Uncovers the elements of creative collaboration by examining six of the century's most extraordinary groups and distill their successful practices into lessons that virtually any organization can learn and commit to in order to transform its own management into a collaborative and successful group of leaders.
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1 out of 5 stars
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No substance.
- By L. Liz on 12-17-15
- Organizing Genius
- The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
- By: Warren Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
No substance.
Reviewed: 12-17-15
I kept reading hoping for some insight to start coming out, but it was just storytelling. If I needed folk stories I'd read "one thousand and one nights" not a literature that claims to be a business management guide providing "analysis" of effective collaboration. I wanted to put it down when it dived into description of how sexy it is to work for team that has no life or time for own children. Some reviews said it had a good last chapter. I do t agree that's the case. It is a waste of time, I wouldn't bother with this book.
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