A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain

Owen Hatherly

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Author(s)

Owen Hatherly

Publication, year

Londen ; New York : Verso Books,

Scope

400 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.

ISBN

9781844677009

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In ‘A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain’, Owen Hatherley sets out to explore the wreckage - the buildings that epitomized an age of greed and aspiration. From Greenwich to Glasgow, Milton Keynes to Manchester, Hatherley maps the derelict Britain of the 2010s: from riverside apartment complexes, art galleries and amorphous interactive "centers," to shopping malls, call centers and factories turned into expensive lofts. In doing so, he provides a mordant commentary on the urban environment in which we live, work and consume.

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Location

Cabinet 28 - 5: Culturele benadering van de (stedelijke) ruimte