{"product_id":"edifice-complex","title":"Edifice Complex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeyan Sudjic''s \u003ci\u003eThe Edifice Complex: The Architecture of Power\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating exploration of the language of architecture as an insight into the psychology of power, from tyrants to billionaires. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Why do presidents and prime ministers, tycoons and tyrants share such a fascination with grand designs? Is it to impress or terrify, to wield state power, make a bid for immortality or just satisfy their egos?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  From Hitler''s vast Chancellery to Saddam Hussein''s Mother of all Battles mosque, from Olympic stadiums to Donald Trump''s excesses, Deyan Sudjic examines the murky relationship between buildings, money and politics, revealing the power of architecture - and the architecture of power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A thrilling and passionately indignant trawl through vanity''s most polluted depths'' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''An often frightening, sometimes hilarious set of stories of brutality, absurdity and occasionally beauty'' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eEvening Standar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Punchily written ... deftly amusing ... a closely argued, brilliantly marshalled, important book'' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Informed, lively and intelligent ... an asylum of power-mad politicians and Croesus-rich patrons'' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''By turns funny, acidic, penetrating and provocative ... as compelling a read as a popular novel'' \u003cbr\u003e  Norman Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Director of the Design Museum, \u003cb\u003eDeyan Sudjic \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in London of Yugoslav parents. He is a former architecture critic for the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, and a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art. Sudjic was Director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002 and is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Edifice Complex\u003c\/i\u003e, the much-praised \u003ci\u003e100-Miles City\u003c\/i\u003e, the best-selling \u003ci\u003eArchitecture Pack\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Things \u003c\/i\u003eand monographs on John Pawson, Ron Arad and Richard Rogers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319352041854,"sku":"NW9780241952771","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241952771.jpg?v=1778690061","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/edifice-complex","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}