- Published: 3 May 2019
- ISBN: 9780141022116
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $22.99
Building and Dwelling
Ethics for the City
- Published: 3 May 2019
- ISBN: 9780141022116
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $22.99
A lateish-life appraisal of what Richard Sennett has read, written and, most vitally, witnessed on the street or in the marketplace in the tradition of the sharp-eyed, sharp-nosed flâneur taking in every sensation
Jonathan Meades, Guardian
Sennett leavens the big ideas with snapshots of real life. ... It reads like a summation of a life lived in cities and is, ultimately, a paean to their unpredictability, a call for tolerance and a celebration of difference.
Edwin Heathcote, Financial Times
He has brought to the study of urban life a perception that includes literature, philosophy, art, sociology and economics, as well as his personal experiences
Rowan Moore, Observer
Distils into a single volume his thoughts on how urban design shapes the ways in which we relate to one another ... Typically idealistic, typically urbane, it is well-timed for the disputes of our day
Justin McGuirk, New Yorker