The age of spectacle : the rise and fall of iconic architecture / Tom Dyckhoff.
The age of spectacle : the rise and fall of iconic architecture / Tom Dyckhoff.
The age of spectacle : the rise and fall of iconic architecture / Tom Dyckhoff.
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Publisher
London : Windmill Books, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2018/5193
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
378 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. The view from here -- 2. City of the dead -- 3. People power -- 4. Selling the city -- 5. Brandscapes -- 6. The right to buy -- 7. The curious habits of the starchitect -- 8. If walls could talk -- 9. Meet the most famous architect in the world.
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Publisher
London : Windmill Books, 2018.
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"Exploring cityscapes from New York to Beijing, and from Bilbao to Portsmouth, The Age of Spectacle examines how 21st-century cities work and how architecture became obsessed with the flashy, the monumental and the ostentatious. Looking at some of the most iconic structures in the world over the last fifty years, such as the Shard, the Guggenheim a...
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The age of spectacle : the rise and fall of iconic architecture / Tom Dyckhoff.
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First published by Random House in 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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G 2018/5193
Record Identifier
74VKVG5oE4VA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG5oE4VA
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ISBN
9780099538233
DDC
724.7
MMS ID
991024156818302626
