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John Grindrod (Autor)

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2022 | 1. Auflage
416 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-34815-2 (ISBN)

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A captivating exploration of Britain's most iconic contemporary buildings, from the Barratt home to the Millennium Dome. ***TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK*** 'A punchy polemic ... Highly readable.' 'A love letter to contemporary buildings and a fantastic account of recent British history, rich in humour.' NINA STIBBE 'Brilliant, encyclopaedic, funny and often cutting.' DANNY DORLING 'An eloquent, witty, passionate tour of Britain since the 1980s.' JOHN BOUGHTON 'Recounts the stories of our lived landscapes with wit, passion and a shot of anger.' TOM DYCKHOFF 'Grindrod has spoken to everyone and his observations are humane and acute.' OWEN HATHERLEY Wimpey homes. Millennium monuments. Riverside flats. Wind farms. Spectacular skyscrapers. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. The buildings designed in our lifetimes encapsulate the dreams and aspirations of our culture, while also revealing the sobering realities. Whether modest or monumental, they offer a living history of Britain, symbols of the forces that have shaped our modern landscape and icons in their own right. ICONICON is an enthralling journey around the Britain we have created since 1980: the horrors and delights, the triumphs and failures. From space-age tower blocks to suburban business parks, and from postmodernist exuberance to Passivhaus eco-efficiency, this is at once a revelatory architectural grand tour and an endlessly witty and engaging piece of social history.

John Grindrod is the author of Concretopia: A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain (2013) and Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt (2017), which was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize. @Grindrod / johngrindrod.co.uk

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia Tracey Thorn • Big Capital: Who Is London For? • cal flyn islands of abandonment • DJ Taylor The Prose Factory Peter Ackroyd Queer City Concretopia Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt • Kerry Hudson Lowborn • Leo Hollis Frostquake Juliet Nicolson Owen Hatherley Red Metropolis Landscapes of Communism Tim Marshall Prisoners of Geography maps • Lynsey Hanley Estates Respectable David Kynaston Modernity Britain Austerity Britain Family Britain On The Cusp Days of '62 Engines of Privilege • Matthew Green Shadowlands • Owen Jones The Establishment Chavs • Stuart Maconie The Nanny State Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism • Stuart Maconie The Nanny State Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism Art Deco Britain A Guide to Modernism in Metroland Metropolis Ben Wilson Owen Jones The Establishment Chavs • The Magic Box Rob Young Feral George Monbiot Broken Homes Who Owns England The People Psychogeography Coal Black Mornings Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia Tracey Thorn • Triumph of the City How Urban Spaces Make Us Kerry Hudson Lowborn Building and Dwelling Richard Sennett Life Between Buildings Skint Estate Cash Carraway • Walkable City Jonathan Meades Simon Jenkins Common People Kit de Waal Motherwell Deborah Orr Cal Flyn Islands of Abandonment Scoff Pen Vogler
• ISBN-10: 0-571-34815-7 / 0571348157
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-34815-2 / 9780571348152