21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Living Complex: From Zombie City to the New Communal
Niklas Maak
€ 21.99
€ 17.29
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Living Complex: From Zombie City to the New Communal
Hardback. Where does the dream of the detached house come from? Which ideal form of living are we taught by children's books, lifestyle magazines and DIY shops? Who benefits from us living the way we live? This work shows how the interests of the construction industry, overextended policies mired in regulations and more. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 356.
Our cities are atrophying: What was once an open system inhabitable by all and that was about freedom and self-determination is becoming a zone in which architecture focuses only on comfort and security: a walk-in investment portfolio of luxury properties, offices and token patches of green. The masses, meanwhile, continue to live in the endless housing developments of the suburbs. Accommodation is characterised by a mania for barricades and comfort. The construction industry is booming - and builds the same houses over and over again. But do those buildings have anything to do with the way in which most people ... Read more
Our cities are atrophying: What was once an open system inhabitable by all and that was about freedom and self-determination is becoming a zone in which architecture focuses only on comfort and security: a walk-in investment portfolio of luxury properties, offices and token patches of green. The masses, meanwhile, continue to live in the endless housing developments of the suburbs. Accommodation is characterised by a mania for barricades and comfort. The construction industry is booming - and builds the same houses over and over again. But do those buildings have anything to do with the way in which most people ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Munich, Germany
ISBN
9783777424101
SKU
V9783777424101
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Niklas Maak
Niklas Maak is a writer and arts editor at the FrankfurterAllgemeine Zeitung, and a John T. Dunlop Lecturer of Housing and Urbanization at Harvard. He is the author of Le Corbusier: The Architect on the Beach, also published by Hirmer Publishers.
Reviews for Living Complex: From Zombie City to the New Communal