Macaulay's Mosque
News from last fall, but still news:
Learning to Build Mosques, and Maybe Some Bridges (nytimes)
Friends and colleagues nagged David Macaulay for 25 years to write a book about a mosque to complement the series that started with "Cathedral" and went on to include "City," "Pyramid" and "Castle."
But to him, the books had begun to feel formulaic. He had moved on to other pursuits: "The Way Things Work" and "Building Big," as well as a series of other children's books.
Then came the attacks of Sept. 11.
Mr. Macaulay, an architect and professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, said he was working in his studio in Bristol, R.I., when his wife rushed across the lawn to tell him that two planes had crashed into the World Trade Center.
He sat in front of the television for five hours. Four days later, he was on the phone to his longtime editor: "I want to do `Mosque.' "
He was on
Here and Now last November.
* Ray, 1/05/2004 10:13:29 AM
