An edition of The edifice complex (2005)
The edifice complex
how the rich and powerful shape the world
By Deyan Sudjic
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Publish Date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Press
Language
eng
Pages
403
Description:
An analysis of the role played by the rich and powerful in architecture argues that architecture is an expression of authority rather than art, with examples from buildings commissioned by such figures as Hitler, Rockefeller, and Saddam Hussein.
subjects: Public architecture, Architecture publique, Architektur, Öffentliches Gebäude, Pouvoir (Sciences sociales), Power (Social sciences), Politics and culture, Architecture, Architecture and society, Political aspects, Architecture, modern, 20th century, Prestige, Architecture, philosophy, Social aspects