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The Edifice Complex: How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World Paperback - 2006
by Deyan Sudjic
From one of the world's premier architecture critics comes a groundbreaking dissection of how the colossal egos of the powerful and wealthy determine what actually gets built and the real reasons why people build.
Summary
A provocative look at architecture-"exceptionally intelligent and original" (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World)
Deyan Sudjic-"probably the most influential figure in architecture you've never heard of" - argues that architecture, far from being auteur art, must be understood as a naked expression of power. From the grandiose projects of Stalin and Hitler to the "theme park" excess of today's presidential libraries, Sudjic goes behind the scenes of history's great manipulators of building propaganda-and exposes Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and other architects in a disturbing new light. This controversial book is essential reading for all those interested in the power of architecture-or the architecture of power.
* A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year
Deyan Sudjic-"probably the most influential figure in architecture you've never heard of" - argues that architecture, far from being auteur art, must be understood as a naked expression of power. From the grandiose projects of Stalin and Hitler to the "theme park" excess of today's presidential libraries, Sudjic goes behind the scenes of history's great manipulators of building propaganda-and exposes Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and other architects in a disturbing new light. This controversial book is essential reading for all those interested in the power of architecture-or the architecture of power.
* A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year
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- Title The Edifice Complex: How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
- Author Deyan Sudjic
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, New York
- Date 2006-11-28
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143038016 / 014303801X
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.44 x 5.56 x 0.95 in (21.44 x 14.12 x 2.41 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Library of Congress subjects Power (Social sciences), Architecture, Modern
- Dewey Decimal Code 725.01
Media reviews
Sudjic grasps what too many critics miss. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Citations
- New York Times, 01/07/2007, Page 28
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