Age of spectacle, the: the rise and fall of iconic architecture
Auteur :
Dyckhoff, Tom
Éditeur :
Cornerstone
ISBN :
9780099538233
Date de publication :
8 mars 2018
Dimensions :
19,8 x 12,9 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
366 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In Dubai, a luxury apartment block is built in the shape of a giant iPod. In China, President Xi Jinping denounces the trend of constructing 'bizarre' new buildings in wacky shapes and colours. The author tells the story of how architecture became obsessed with the flashy, the monumental and the ostentatious.