The Age of Spectacle: Adventures in Architecture and the 21st-Century City

by Tom Dyckhoff

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'Such an interesting book . . . I cannot recommend it enough.' Lauren Laverne

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. In Cincinnati, celebrity architect Zaha...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099538237
• ISBN13: 9780099538233
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Windmill
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 7.7"