Download or read book The Seduction of Place written by Joseph Rykwert and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rykwert looks at the complex story of the city since the industrial revolution. Drawing on sociology, social, economic and political history and their interactions with the architectural history, he refers to Shanghai as much as to Los Angeles, Rio as London, Melbourne as Paris, in looking at past developments and for models for the future.