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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784390203321

Titolo

Commodification and spectacle in architecture : a Harvard design magazine reader / / edited by William S. Saunders ; introduction by Kenneth Frampton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota

Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2005

ISBN

0-8166-9818-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 122 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Harvard design magazine readers ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

SaundersWilliam S

Disciplina

720.103

Soggetti

Architecture and society

Architecture - Economic aspects

Architecture and globalization

Architecture, Postmodern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents: Spectacle and its discontents: or, the elusive joys of architainment / Luis Fernández Galiano -- Less for less yet: on architecture's value(s) in the marketplace / Michael Benedikt -- Brand aid: or, the Lexus and the Guggenheim (further tales of the notorious B.I.G.ness) / Michael Sorkin -- Hyphenation nation: blurred forms for a blurred world / Rick Poynor -- Architecture for sale(s): an unabashed apologia / Kevin Ervin Kelley -- Rocking for the clampdown: creativity, corporations, and the crazy curvilinear cacophony of the Experience Music Project / Thomas Frank -- Rockbotton: villa by OMA / Wouter Vanstiphout -- Inside the blue whale: a day at the Bluewater Mall / Rick Poynor -- We dig graves--all sizes / Daniel Naegele -- The second greatest generation / Michael Sorkin.

Sommario/riassunto

Summary: More than ever, architectural design is seen as a means to promote commercial goals. Bringing together an impressive and varied group of critics and practitioners, this collection will help to sharpen the discussion of how design can respond to our hypercommodified culture.