Citizens of No Place: An Architectural Graphic Novel Paperback – May 23, 2012

great book. I am not one to really these types of books but I really like it. A little stark but i wont spoil it for you. just pick it up and enjoy and keep it on the shelf for you can read it again like i did

Just read this and it's amazeballs. Citizens of No Place is way more than an architectural graphic novel, contrary to its claims. It is a philosophical novel of self in context of space in terms of visualized/imagined future relevance as form and function. It is existentialist, and ultimately a love story. It combines surreal bits into a whole new system of architecture.

Jimenez is an extremely knowledgeable individual. His theory and perception of architecture are fully explained in this comic book. Highly recommend every architecture students who are interested in seeing where the architecture is heading must look through this book.

This graphic novel takes a "generation conscious" approach about proposing intellectual ideas in an alternative format. It's an inspiring method; and a brilliant style for offering theoretical ideas upon our growing visual-based social-culture.

There is no plastic packaging on the book. I'm not sure if it's a new one. I bought this as a gift, so I'm not totally satisfied.

This is a fascinating and inspiring book. It re-ignited my sense of wonder in architecture.

Product in good conditions and good contents.I really liked it and i recommend it a lot. the price was nice.

The manifestoes stated as prelude to each story is very interesting and thoughtful. However, the comic lacks of clarity.

Jimenez Lai has given us a vision of architecture and design so complete and authentic in its fantasy that we are hard-pressed to distinguish it truly as a work of fiction. Organic architecture never looked so good before. And that too on the pages of a black-and-white graphic novel.

the book uses the graphic novel as a medium to explore architectural concepts in a way that truly is ''out of the box''.

Amazing book for architects, designers, philosophers. I think it may be a bit irrelevant to people who are not interested in architecture, interior, space/ environment design just because, in my opinion, there is a lot of indirect referencing to the tools and ideas architects use.

I study post-graduate architecture (Pt. II) and work in retail design, and it's nice to step out of the technical side of architecture once in a while.This book side-steps architecture to re-assess what it is.Citizens of No Place (titled as such because 'utopia' comes from Greek meanings of 'good place' & 'no place') opens up new way of looking at architecture through a multitude of scenarios and different characters' perspectives. It sometimes has very little direct relevance to the practice of architecture, and this gives it a particularly high value as architecture is never just about arranging lines and making skyscrapers. It criticises some of modern society's powerful logic, and finds geometric patterns in places you wouldn't look for them.It is exactly the way one should think about design and particularly architecture for the changing social climate, as it focuses on the grand and the tiny, gives them equal value and criticises both. It has some thoughts surrounding who architects are to society, what architecture is to architects, politics, social norms, and primitive cognition.My only warning is this book will not 'tell' you anything, just make you think about what's already there.The conclusions are your own.

This book is great. I can’t believe I hadn’t invested in a copy earlier. The architectural essays are so refreshing in and of themselves, however the imaginative and coherent graphics beautifully and effortlessly guide and provoke the reader. This book covers a number of theoretical and formal architectural areas, but is fun and very engaging. Highly recommended.