The age of spectacle : the rise and fall of iconic architecture
Dyckhoff, Tom2018
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In Dubai, a luxury apartment block is built in the shape of a giant iPod. In China, President Xi Jinping denounces the trend of constructing 'bizarre' new buildings in wacky shapes and colours. In Cincinnati, celebrity architect Zaha Hadid is paid millions to design a single 'iconic' structure - with the hope of single-handedly transforming the region's ailing fortunes. These incidents are all part of the same story: the rise of the age of spectacle. Over the last fifty years, there has been a revolution in how our cities operate. In this book, Tom Dyckhoff tells the story of how architecture became obsessed with the flashy, the monumental, and the ostentatious - and how we all have to live with the consequences.
Main title:
The age of spectacle : the rise and fall of iconic architecture / Tom Dyckhoff.
Author:
Dyckhoff, Tom, author
Imprint:
London : Windmill Books, 2018.
Collation:
378 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Random House, 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099538233 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
724.7
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2224439