How Long to Read A Critic Writes

How Long Does it Take to Read A Critic Writes?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 32 minutes to read A Critic Writes by Reyner Banham

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Few twentieth-century writers on architecture and design have enjoyed the renown of Reyner Banham. Born and trained in England and a U.S. resident starting in 1976, Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. Now readers can enjoy a chronological cross-section of essays, polemics, and reviews drawn from more than three decades of Banham's writings. The volume, which includes discussions of Italian Futurism, Adolf Loos, Paul Scheerbart, and the Bauhaus as well as explorations of contemporary architecture by Frank Gehry, James Stirling, and Norman Foster, conveys the full range of Banham's belief in industrial and technological development as the motor of architectural evolution. Banham's interests and passions ranged from architecture and the culture of pop art to urban and industrial design. In brilliant analyses of automobile styling, mobile homes, science fiction films, and the American predilection for gadgets, he anticipated many of the preoccupations of contemporary cultural studies. Los Angeles, the city that Banham commemorated in a book and a film, receives extensive attention in essays on the Santa Monica Pier, the Getty Museum, Forest Lawn cemetery, and the ubiquitous freeway system. Eminently readable, provocative, and entertaining, this book is certain to consolidate Banham's reputation among architects and students of contemporary culture. For those acquainted with his writing, it offers welcome surprises as well as familiar delights. For those encountering Banham for the first time, it comprises the perfect introduction.

How long is A Critic Writes?

A Critic Writes by Reyner Banham is 391 pages long, and a total of 98,141 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 120% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Critic Writes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 56 minutes to read A Critic Writes aloud.

What Reading Level is A Critic Writes?

A Critic Writes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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