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Book 2011
Edifice Complex
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- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Public architecture
- Architecture publique
- Architektur
- Öffentliches Gebäude
- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
- Power (Social sciences)
- Politics and culture
- Architecture
An analysis of the role played by the rich and powerful in architecture argues that architecture is an expression of authority rather than art, with examples from buildings commissioned by such figures as Hitler, Rockefeller, and Saddam Hussein.
