by Liam Durcan
Acknowledgments
Several books were particularly important to me in the process of writing this book: The Needs of Strangers by Michael Ignatieff (Picador 2001); Melnikov: Solo Architect in Mass Society by S. Frederick Starr (Princeton University Press, 1981); Konstantin S Meln’nikov and the Construction of Moscow, Mario Fosso and Maurizio Meriggi (Skira, 2000); Body and Building Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture, Editors George Dodds and Robert Tavernor, (MIT Press 2002); Questions of Perception-Phenomenology of Architecture, Steven Holl, Juhani Pallasmaa and Alberto Pérez-Gómez. (William Stout Publishers, 2006)
Thank you to the Canadian Centre for Architecture for granting me access to archival material related to Konstantin Melnikov, specifically Richard Pare’s photographs of Melnikov House.
Thanks to my agent, Denise Bukowski, for advice and forward motion. I was fortunate to find an editor like Erika Goldman at Bellevue Literary Press who shared a vision for the book—my thanks to her and everyone at BLP.
Most of all, thank you to Florence, Niall, Julia, and Tom for your love and support.
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