Seasoned architecture critic, Deyvan Sudjic examines the intimate relationship linking buildings, power, money, and politics in this reinterpretation of the role of buildings in our lives. Architecture, he argues, is not primarily an art, but an expression of power over the landscape that will last far longer than we do. Through profiles of renowned architects such as Rem Koolhaas and Mies van der Rohe, Sudjic shows the ways that these buildings, besides being instruments of nation building, are expressions of ego and bids for immortality. This is a wide-angle look at a range of buildings both impressively effective and disastrously ill-conceived.

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Title

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

Publisher

The Penguin Press

Publication Date

2005

Language

English

ISBN 10

1594200688

ISBN 13

9781594200687

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good

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ARCHITECTURE-URBANISM

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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.

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