Commodification and Spectacle in Architecture: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader Volume 1

by William S. Saunders

Book Overview

More than ever, architectural design is seen as a means to promote commercial goals rather than as an end in itself. Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, for example, simply cannot be considered apart from its intended role as a catalyst for the economic revitalization of Bilbao and its ability to attract tourist dollars, regardless of its architectural merits. A built environment intended to seduce consumers is more likely to offer instant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816647534
• ISBN13: 9780816647538
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.8"