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CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 6/20/2013

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club

Last night, Metropolis Books launched Vishaan Chakrabarti's visionary manifesto for an urban America, A Country of Cities, at Manhattan's storied Century Club on West 43rd Street. Seemingly all of New York's biggest players in design, architecture, real estate development and urban planning were in attendance, including Amanda Burden, Chakrabarti's former colleague at the Department of City Planning; Gregg Pasquarelli and other partners at SHoP Architects; Mark Wigley, Dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Marc Holliday, CEO of SL Green Realty Corp; and Pentagram's Michael Bierut, who designed A Country of Cities and acted as an uncommonly brilliant master of ceremonies. Photographs by Gerard Garvey.

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club
Developer David Levinson, 'A Country of Cities' author Vishaan Chakrabarti and Pentagram's Michael Bierut.

Metropolis Books Publisher Diana Murphy (below) acknowledged Rosalie Genevro and Pamela Puchalaski (as well as Cassim Shepard, who was not in attendance) for introducing her to Mr. Chakrabarti's work. Also in attendance: Maria Alataris, Kenneth Frampton, Beatriz Colomina, Paula Scher, James Sanders, Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio, Carol Willis, Jed Walentas, Abigail Scheuer and Alan Brake, among many others...

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club
Architect and historian Kenneth Frampton, Metropolis Publisher Diana Murphy, and SCI-Arc trustee Abigail Scheuer.

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club
Architects Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio, Dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Mark Wigley, a friend, Vishaan Chakrabarti and Gregg Pasquarelli of SHoP Architects.

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club
Journalist Philip Nobel and writer, editor, and architectural consultant, Karen Stein.

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club
Marc Holliday of SL Green Realty Corp.

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club
Amanda Burden, Director of the New York City Department of City Planning and Chair of the City Planning Commission, with architect Maria Alataris.

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club
Novelist Maura Moynihan with Margot Wellington, former Executive Director of the Municipal Art Society of New York.

Metropolis Books Launches Vishaan Chakrabarti's 'A Country of Cities' at The Century Club
Metropolis Books Publisher Diana Murphy celebrates 'A Country of Cities' with Vishaan Chakrabarti.

A Country of Cities

A Country of Cities

Metropolis Books
Hbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 252 pgs / 150 color.

$29.95  free shipping