The edifice complex : how the rich and powerful shape the world / Deyan Sudjic.

Main entry:

Sudjic, Deyan.

Title & Author:

The edifice complex : how the rich and powerful shape the world / Deyan Sudjic.

Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2005.

Description:

403 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-390) and index.
Why we build -- The long march to the leader's desk -- Landscapes of power -- The word in stone -- The architect who swept the floor -- Inventing a nation -- Identity in the age of uncertainty -- The uses of marble -- Ego unchained -- A tomb at the drive-in -- The uses of culture -- High-rise syndrome -- An incurable condition.

Summary:

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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1594200688
9781594200687
9780241952771
0241952778

Subject:

Power (Social sciences)
Public architecture.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
Architecture publique.
Öffentliches Gebäude
Architektur

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249512
Call No.: NA44.S943.A35 2005a
Status: Available

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