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In The Destruction of Memory, Robert Bevan examines the effects of conflict on architecture through a wide range of examples. These include the razing of Aztec cities by Cortez, the clashes between Islam and Hinduism in India, the Holocaust, the Chinese destruction of Tibetan Lhasa and the attack on the World Trade Center in New York. He argues that these incidents were not mere "collateral damage," as some might claim: they were deliberate acts of destruction, an attack not only on the architecture, but also on the cultural memory of a nation.
Robert Bevan is former editor of the British periodical Building Design and writes regularly on architectural, design and housing issues for national newspapers in the U.K.
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Robert Bevan is the former editor of Building Design and writes regularly on architectural, design and housing issues for national newspapers. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
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- PublisherReaktion Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1861892055
- ISBN 13 9781861892058
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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