The Icon Project: Architecture, Cities, and Capitalist Globalization

by Leslie Sklair

Book Overview

In the last quarter century, a new form of iconic architecture has appeared throughout the world's major cities. Typically designed by globe-trotting "starchitects" or by a few large transnational architectural firms, these projects are almost always funded by the private sector in the service of private interests. Whereas in the past monumental architecture often had a strong public component, the urban ziggurats of today are emblems and conduits...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190464186
• ISBN13: 9780190464189
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"