adventures in architecture and the 21-st century city Dyckhoff, Tom creator text xxu monographic eng

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378pages. : illus; 25cm. Over the last fifty years, there has been a revolution in how our cities operate. In The Age of Spectacle, Tom Dyckhoff tells the story of how architecture became obsessed with the flashy, the monumental and the ostentatious – and how we all have to live with the consequences. Exploring cityscapes from New York to Beijing, and from Bilbao to Portsmouth, Dyckhoff shows that we are not just witnessing a new kind of building: we are living through a fundamental transformation in how our urban spaces work. The corporate explosion of the last few decades has fundamentally shifted the relationship between architects, politicians and cities’ inhabitants, fostering innovative new kinds of engineering and design, but also facilitating ill-conceived vanity projects and commercial power-grabs The view from here -- City of the dead -- People power -- Selling the city -- Brandscapes -- The right to buy -- The curious habits of the starchitect -- If walls could talk -- Meet the most famous architect in the world. Includes bibliographical references and index. Architecture, Modern 21st century Cities and towns History NA687 D93 2017 9781847946522 pucpr 170628 20200228102834.0 eng