The Edifice Complex: How the Rich and Powerful Shape the World

Sudjic, Feyan; Deyan Sudjic

ISBN 10: 1594200688 / ISBN 13: 9781594200687

Published by Penguin Books/The Penguin Press/Published by the Penguin Group, New York, Toronto, ON, Canada, London, et al., 2005

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403 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy and dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Edifice Complex: How the Rich and Powerful Shape the World
• Publisher: Penguin Books/The Penguin Press/Published by the Penguin Group, New York, Toronto, ON, Canada, London, et al.
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594200688
• ISBN 13: 9781594200687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gray 318 (Jacket Design); Neil Emmerson/Robert Harding World Imagery/Getty Images (Jacket Photo); Steven A. Heller (Author Photo)
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Urban Studies & History
  • Architecture, Urban Architecture & Planning
  • Social Studies & Sciences, Sociology, Social Work

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Synopsis

A narrative analysis of the role played by the wealthy and powerful classes in architecture argues that architecture must be understood as an expression of power and propaganda rather than art, exploring a range of structures and large-scale building schemes commissioned by such figures as Hitler, Rockefeller, and Saddam Hussein as part of their efforts to wield control and shape national identity. 20,000 first printing.

About the Author

Deyan Sudjic has been the architecture critic of The Observer newspaper in London since 2000. After graduating with an architecture degree from the University of Edinburgh, he established Blueprint magazine, an international monthly review of architecture and design that broke new ground by covering the entire spectrum of design disciplines. He also edits the Italian magazine Domus and is the author of many previous books on architecture.