New York 2020 Architecture and Urbanism at the Beginning of a New Century

New York 2020: Architecture and Urbanism at the Beginning of the 21st Century by Robert A. M. Stern and David Fishman is the authoritative chronicle of New York City’s architectural evolution in the first two decades of this century — a period of extraordinary transformation, controversy, and ambition. Stern, one of America’s most eminent architects and architectural historians, and his co-author document the towers, cultural institutions, public spaces, and neighbourhoods that defined New York’s built environment as it entered the 2020s. The book is encyclopaedic in scope but never dry: each section is written with genuine critical intelligence and a sense of the urban stakes involved when decisions about buildings are decisions about the quality of civic life. Published by Chronicle Books, this is an essential reference for architects, urban planners, historians, and anyone who loves New York City and wants to understand the forces shaping it.