Edifice complex : the architecture of power
Sudjic, Deyan
Edifice complex : the architecture of power - New Delhi Penguin Books 2011 - vi,455,ip.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
1. Why We Build 1
2. The Long March to the Leader’s Desk 15
3. Landscapes of Power 64
4. The World in Stone 89
5. The Architect Who Swept the Floor 122
6. Inventing a Nation 169
7. Identity in an Age of Uncertainty 206
8. The Uses of Marble 244
9. Ego Unchained 273
10. All the Presidents Libraries 297
11. A Tomb at the Drive-In 337
12. The Uses of Culture 362
13. High Rise Syndrome 397
14. An Incurable Condition 429
Sources 435
Illustrations Credits 439
Index 440
9780241952771
720.1 / SUD
Edifice complex : the architecture of power - New Delhi Penguin Books 2011 - vi,455,ip.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
1. Why We Build 1
2. The Long March to the Leader’s Desk 15
3. Landscapes of Power 64
4. The World in Stone 89
5. The Architect Who Swept the Floor 122
6. Inventing a Nation 169
7. Identity in an Age of Uncertainty 206
8. The Uses of Marble 244
9. Ego Unchained 273
10. All the Presidents Libraries 297
11. A Tomb at the Drive-In 337
12. The Uses of Culture 362
13. High Rise Syndrome 397
14. An Incurable Condition 429
Sources 435
Illustrations Credits 439
Index 440
9780241952771
720.1 / SUD