The Age of Spectacle: The Rise and Fall of Iconic Architecture

In Dubai, a luxury apartment block is built in the shape of a giant iPod. In China, President Xi Jinping denounces the trend of constructing 'bizarre' new buildings in wacky shapes and colours. The author tells the story of how architecture became obsessed with the flashy, the monumental and the ostentatious.

• | By (Author): Tom Dyckhoff (Author)
• | Publisher: Cornerstone
• | Publication Date: Mar 08, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0099538237
• | ISBN-13: 9780099538233