"This is a story of quiet heroism by a remarkable man. It is one of personal and intellectual adventure, told with wit, charm, wisdom and the best kinds of gossip. It is a vivid portrait of a post-war world, in London, Paris, Rome and New York, in which philosophers and artists could cross paths with film stars and musicians. If theres another book that brings together Ian Fleming, Susan Sontag, pre-war Warsaw and ancient Etruria in the way that Remembering Places does, I have yet to read it."
Rowan Moore, Architecture Critic, The Observer
"Joseph's readers are brushed by his vast erudition of Talmudic intensity, stung by his wit, sprayed and stamped with his font of gossip (essential to a great raconteur), and enriched by his connections to so many people in so many areas of inquiry. A phenomenalist, unique among the great architect/theorists of our time, Rykwert muses on how his early sensory concern with place, transformed into 'the passionate, carnal even erotic' concern with the man made environment."
Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director Emeritus, Canadian Centre for Architecture; Recipient of the Golden Lion for life achievement at the XIV Architectural Biennale, Venice
"I loved Joseph Rykwerts Remembering Places. It was so incredibly informative about the life of a wandering architectural student in the 1950s and writer, historian and teacher thereafter. So, its wonderful that he was able to add more thoughts and memories to the original equally informative, all of it full of his personality and richly interesting."
Charles Saumarez Smith, Former Professor of Architectural History, Royal Academy of Arts, UK
"Remembering Places the plain, self-effacing title of Rykwerts memoirs belies the trajectory of a life that is anything but. The exceptional tale of an ordinary twentieth century survivor."
Reinier de Graaf, Partner in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture
