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Through rich illustrations, Empire, State & Building deftly tracks all the building material that have passed through this parcel or remain in its geographic and ecological dynamics: spatially (in terms of their geographic material footprints and industrial processes) and quantitatively (in terms of embodied energy, embodied carbon, and energy flow). In successive chapters, Empire, State & Building articulates the empire and states that are inherent to building, but remain unconsidered (abstract and unknown) by architects. Impressively informed and informative, Empire, State & Building is extraordinarily well written, organized and presented, making it an unreservedly recommended addition to professional, community, and academic library Architectural History collections in general, and Empire State Building supplemental studies reading lists in particular. --Midwest Book Review

Through rich illustrations, Empire, State & Building deftly tracks all the building material that have passed through this parcel or remain in its geographic and ecological dynamics: spatially (in terms of their geographic material footprints and industrial processes) and quantitatively (in terms of embodied energy, embodied carbon, and energy flow). In successive chapters, Empire, State & Building articulates the empire and states that are inherent to building, but remain unconsidered (abstract and unknown) by architects. Impressively informed and informative, Empire, State & Building is extraordinarily well written, organized and presented, making it an unreservedly recommended addition to professional, community, and academic library Architectural History collections in general, and Empire State Building supplemental studies reading lists in particular. --Midwest Book Review .. .Moe wants to expand the scope of architects' influence to encompass territory, communication, and speed, the three great variables that architects are no longer agents of, at least according to Michel Foucault. --John Hill, A Daily Dose of Architecture

"""Through rich illustrations, ""Empire, State & Building"" deftly tracks all the building material that have passed through this parcel or remain in its geographic and ecological dynamics: spatially (in terms of their geographic material footprints and industrial processes) and quantitatively (in terms of embodied energy, embodied carbon, and energy flow). In successive chapters, ""Empire, State & Building"" articulates the empire and states that are inherent to building, but remain unconsidered (abstract and unknown) by architects. Impressively informed and informative, ""Empire, State & Building"" is extraordinarily well written, organized and presented, making it an unreservedly recommended addition to professional, community, and academic library Architectural History collections in general, and Empire State Building supplemental studies reading lists in particular."" --Midwest Book Review .."".Moe wants to expand the scope of architects' influence to encompass territory, communication, and speed, the ""three great variables"" that architects are no longer agents of, at least according to Michel Foucault."" --John Hill, A Daily Dose of Architecture ""Moe's book successfully navigates the relationships of energy, time, and space in an easily digestible format...."" --Architectural Record"

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Kiel Kenneth Moe is a registered practicing American architect. Moe has taught architecture and energy at University of Illinois at Chicago, Syracuse University, Northeastern University and Harvard Graduate School of Design.

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