Deyan Sudjic: The Edifice Complex, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Edifice Complex
- The architecture of power
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- Verlag:
- Penguin Books Ltd, 04/2011
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241952771
- Artikelnummer:
- 9037621
- Umfang:
- 464 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2011
- Gewicht:
- 342 g
- Maße:
- 180 x 111 mm
- Stärke:
- 40 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 7.4.2011
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Klappentext
Deyan Sudjic's The Edifice Complex: The Architecture of Power is a fascinating exploration of the language of architecture as an insight into the psychology of power, from tyrants to billionaires.
Why do presidents and prime ministers, tycoons and tyrants share such a fascination with grand designs? Is it to impress or terrify, to wield state power, make a bid for immortality or just satisfy their egos?
From Hitler's vast Chancellery to Saddam Hussein's Mother of all Battles mosque, from Olympic stadiums to Donald Trump's excesses, Deyan Sudjic examines the murky relationship between buildings, money and politics, revealing the power of architecture - and the architecture of power.
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Director of the Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic was born in London of Yugoslav parents. He is a former architecture critic for the Observer , and a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art. Sudjic was Director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002 and is author of The Edifice Complex , the much-praised 100-Miles City , the best-selling Architecture Pack , The Language of Thingsand monographs on John Pawson, Ron Arad and Richard Rogers.
Biografie
Deyan Sudjic studied architecture at the University of Edinburgh, and has worked as a critic, editor and curator. Currently the director of the Design Museum, he helped to establish Blueprint magazine, edited Domus in Milan for a number of years, and was the director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002. He is a former architecture critic for the Observer, the Guardian and the Sunday Times.
