The Edifice Complex: The Architecture of Power di Deyan Sudjic è un'affascinante esplorazione del linguaggio dell'architettura come approfondimento della psicologia del potere, dai tiranni ai miliardari. Perché presidenti e primi ministri, magnati e tiranni condividono un tale fascino per i grandi progetti? È per impressionare o terrorizzare, per esercitare il potere statale, fare un tentativo per l'immortalità o semplicemente soddisfare il loro ego? Dalla vasta Cancelleria di Hitler alla moschea Madre di tutte le battaglie di Saddam Hussein, dagli stadi olimpici agli eccessi di Donald Trump, Deyan Sudjic esamina la torbida relazione tra edifici, denaro e politica, rivelando il potere dell'architettura e l'architettura del potere. "Un'emozionante e appassionatamente indignata esplorazione delle profondità più inquinate della vanità" The Times "Una serie di storie spesso spaventose, a volte esilaranti di brutalità, assurdità e occasionalmente bellezza" Evening Standar "Scritto in modo incisivo... abilmente divertente... un libro importante, brillantemente argomentato" Daily Mail "Informato, vivace e intelligente... un rifugio per politici assetati di potere e mecenati ricchi come Creso" New Statesman "A tratti divertente, acido, penetrante e provocatorio... una lettura avvincente come un romanzo popolare" Norman Foster Direttore del Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic è nato a Londra da genitori jugoslavi. È un ex critico di architettura per l'Observer e professore ospite al Royal College of Art. Sudjic è stato direttore della Biennale di Architettura di Venezia nel 2002 ed è autore di The Edifice Complex, dell'acclamato 100-Miles City, del best-seller Architecture Pack, di The Language of Things e di monografie su John Pawson, Ron Arad e Richard Rogers.
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Deyan Sudjic is Director of the Design Museum. He was born in London, and studied architecture in Edinburgh. He has worked as a critic for the Observer and The Sunday Times, as the editor of Domus in Milan, as the director of the Venice Architecture Biennale, and as a curator in Glasgow, Istanbul and Copenhagen. He is the author of B is for Bauhaus, The Language of Things and The Edifice Complex.
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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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 'As compelling a read as a popular novel . funny, acidic, penetrating and provocative' Norman FosterThe Edifice Complex explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in itself, as well as a means to an end. This is a book of genuine timeliness, throwing new light on the motivations of the rich and powerful around the world - and on the ways they seek to affect us. From Hitler's vast Chancellery to Saddam Hussein's Mother of all Battles mosque, from Olympic stadiums to Donald Trump's excesses, the author examines the murky relationship between buildings, money and politics, revealing the power of architecture - and the architecture of power. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780241952771
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Paperback. Condizione: New. 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. 'A thrilling and passionately indignant trawl through vanity's most polluted depths' The Times 'An often frightening, sometimes hilarious set of stories of brutality, absurdity and occasionally beauty' Evening Standar 'Punchily written . deftly amusing . a closely argued, brilliantly marshalled, important book' Daily Mail 'Informed, lively and intelligent . an asylum of power-mad politicians and Croesus-rich patrons' New Statesman 'By turns funny, acidic, penetrating and provocative . as compelling a read as a popular novel' Norman Foster 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 Things and monographs on John Pawson, Ron Arad and Richard Rogers. Codice articolo LU-9780241952771
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