Taylor and Francis

Taylor and Francis

English

Simone Brott takes readers on a dark journey through the digital imaginaries of contemporary architecture. This timely book de-mythologizes the multi-layered paradoxes of "iconic architecture" and its genre of image that have become fundamentally intertwined with contemporary architectural culture. It compels us to rethink the future of the discipline. – Mark Jarzombek, Professor MIT Department of Architecture If you’ve been wondering what has happened to hard-hitting, Marxist analyses of architecture, Simone Brott is here with a lively critique of the iconic architecture of the last 25 years. Brott demonstrates that these structures are not just curious exuberances at the top of the architectural pyramid but an important building type with its own trajectory bound up with the pathologies of global capitalism. – Tom Spector, Professor of Architecture and Managing Editor, Architecture Philosophy Typically insightful, razor-sharp and urgent in its message, Simone Brott’s new book presents a masterclass in reclaiming the political for architecture and showing it for what it truly is: the essence of how our discipline is thought and taught, discussed and built. – Marko Jobst, Architecture Theory Coordinator, Department of Architecture, Greenwich University