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The icon project : architecture, cities, and capitalist globalization / Leslie Sklair.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sklair, Leslie, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and globalization.
- Architecture--Economic aspects.
- Architecture.
- Capitalism--Social aspects.
- Capitalism.
- Architecture and society.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 329 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 'The Icon Project' argues that the transnational capitalist class mobilises two forms of iconic architecture - unique icons recognised as works of art, notably designed by global starchitects (such as Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid); and typical icons copying elements of unique icons.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780197559628
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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