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Nincompoopolis
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Author : Douglas Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Repeater
Release Date : 2017-09-21
Nincompoopolis written by Douglas Murphy and has been published by Repeater this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-21 with Political Science categories.
In a world where the built environment seems ever more shaped by invisible market forces, where modern architecture can seem to dissolve into a generic void, sometimes it takes a very special person to make a difference. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was Mayor of London from 2008 until 2016, during which time he took a remarkably keen interest in the built environment, commissioning, guiding, and shaping all manner of different projects. With his achievements he showed us all that massive privilege, leaping ambition, no concern for detail and a wasp’s attention span needn’t hold you back when it comes to creating terrible architecture. Nincompoopolis examines the built legacy of Johnson’s tenure, from his embarrassing follies to the folly of his policies, and wonders if there’s anything that can be learned from letting someone like him have a go at one the world’s great cities.
Nincompoopolis
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Author : Douglas Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Release Date : 2017-09-19
Nincompoopolis written by Douglas Murphy and has been published by Watkins Media Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-19 with Political Science categories.
In a world where the built environment seems ever more shaped by invisible market forces, where modern architecture can seem to dissolve into a generic void, sometimes it takes a very special person to make a difference. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was Mayor of London from 2008 until 2016, during which time he took a remarkably keen interest in the built environment, commissioning, guiding, and shaping all manner of different projects. With his achievements he showed us all that massive privilege, leaping ambition, no concern for detail and a wasp’s attention span needn’t hold you back when it comes to creating terrible architecture. Nincompoopolis examines the built legacy of Johnson’s tenure, from his embarrassing follies to the folly of his policies, and wonders if there’s anything that can be learned from letting someone like him have a go at one the world’s great cities.
Alpha City
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Author : Rowland Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2021-05-25
Alpha City written by Rowland Atkinson and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-25 with Political Science categories.
How London was bought and sold by the Super-Rich, and what it means for the rest of us Who owns London? Today, the city is the epicentre of the world’s financial markets, an elite cultural hub, and a place to hide one’s wealth. In Alpha City, Rowland Atkinson tells the story of eager developers, sovereign wealth, and grasping politicians, all of which paved the way for the plutocratic colonisation of the cityscape. Atkinson moves through the gated communities and the mega-houses of the urban elite, charting how the rich live and their influence on the disturbing rise in evictions and displacements from the city. The book, fully updated, also looks at the capital’s prospects in the aftermath of Brexit and the pandemic, showing how the super-rich may capitalise on the crisis, increasing inequality and hardship.
Red Metropolis
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Author : Owen Hatherley
language : en
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Release Date : 2020-11-10
Red Metropolis written by Owen Hatherley and has been published by Watkins Media Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-10 with Political Science categories.
A polemical history of municipal socialism in London - and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. A polemical history of municipal socialism in London -- and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. London is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the financial centre in the City and the centre of governmental power in Westminster, a uniquely capitalist capital city. This book is about the third London - a social democratic twentieth-century metropolis, a pioneer in council housing, public enterprise, socialist design, radical local democracy and multiculturalism. This book charts the development of this municipal power base under leaders from Herbert Morrison to Ken Livingstone, and its destruction in 1986, leaving a gap which has been only very inadequately filled by the Greater London Authority under Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan. Opposing currently fashionable bullshit about an imaginary "metropolitan elite", this book makes a case for London pride on the left, and makes an argument for using that pride as a weapon against a government of suburban landlords that ruthlessly exploits Londoners.
London S Mayor At 20
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Author : Jack Brown
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-24
London S Mayor At 20 written by Jack Brown and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-24 with Political Science categories.
This year, London's elected mayor and assembly turn twenty. But has London's mayoralty lived up to the expectations that were set for it? Have its three mayors been able to get to grips with the city's challenges? How have they responded to crises in the past – and what does the future hold? This important new book marks the twentieth anniversary of London's mayor and assembly and investigates the relative successes and challenges of the mayoralty to date, before asking what comes next for London. It combines analysis by experts with reflections from those closely involved in setting up, running and working with the Greater London Authority, alongside those who have held the position of Mayor of London themselves.
Art And Dance In Dialogue
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Author : Sarah Whatley
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-11-07
Art And Dance In Dialogue written by Sarah Whatley and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-07 with Performing Arts categories.
This interdisciplinary book brings together essays that consider how the body enacts social and cultural rituals in relation to objects, spaces, and the everyday, and how these are questioned, explored, and problematised through, and translated into dance, art, and performance. The chapters are written by significant artists and scholars and consider practices from various locations, including Central and Western Europe, Mexico, and the United States. The authors build on dialogues between, for example, philosophy and museum studies, and memory studies and post-humanism, and engage with a wide range of theory from phenomenology to relational aesthetics to New Materialism. Thus this book represents a unique collection that together considers the continuum between everyday and cultural life, and how rituals and memories are inscribed onto our being. It will be of interest to scholars and practitioners, students and teachers, and particularly those who are curious about the intersections between arts disciplines.
Mediated Space
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Author : James Brown
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-12
Mediated Space written by James Brown and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-12 with Architecture categories.
As the social media revolution embeds itself in our daily lives, and as those who once consumed media become producers, established broadcast media producers are witnessing the dissolution of trust in their established authority. Mediated Space critiques contemporary intersections of Architecture and broadcast media that exploit spaces and places that are real, imagined or hybrids of the two in order to re-establish and strengthen the power of traditional capitalist mechanisms of production and consumption. Examining eight spatial constructions in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Mediated Space embarks on a global exploration of how architecture, spatial design and technology conspire in the service of global capitalism. In three thematic parts that focus on the automotive space of the city, the journalistic space of the news room and the mediated skyline of the city, Mediated Space makes an architectural critique of spaces that are rarely designed by architects but that are experienced every day by millions of people.
Modern London
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Author : Lukas Novotny
language : en
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Release Date : 2018-10-02
Modern London written by Lukas Novotny and has been published by Quarto Publishing Group USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Architecture categories.
From the art deco factories of the 1920s to the skyscrapers of today, this illustrated architectural tour “whisks us through decades of London design” (Londonist). Shaped variously by war, economics, population growth, and design trends, the city of London has been molded by some of the greatest modern architects, and to this day remains a center of building design and experimentation. Through intricate graphic illustrations and accessible, entertaining text, London’s streets, structures, and transport systems of the last century are brought to life. Discover long-lost treasures such as the Firestone Factory and marvel at modern–day masterpieces like the London Aquatics Centre; delight in previously vilified social housing projects such as the Balfron Tower; and discover the drama behind bold, eccentric designs like the “Cheesegrater.” The city’s skyline can change in an instant. Modern London invites you to sit back and survey the scene so far.
Boris Johnson In 100 Facts
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Author : Eugene L. Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2020-08-15
Boris Johnson In 100 Facts written by Eugene L. Wolfe and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-15 with Political Science categories.
How well do we really know the man at the helm of the most chaotic, divisive British government in living memory? This explosive book shines a light on the life and times of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.
Regeneration Songs
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Author : Alberto Duman
language : en
Publisher: Repeater
Release Date : 2018-09-20
Regeneration Songs written by Alberto Duman and has been published by Repeater this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-20 with Social Science categories.
The impact of global capital and foreign investment on local communities is being felt in major cities across the world. Since the 2012 Olympics was awarded to the British capital, East London has been at the heart of the largest and most all-encompassing top-down urban regeneration strategy in civic history. At the centre of this has been the local government, Newham Council, and their daring proposal: an "Arc of Opportunity" for developers to transform 1,412 hectares of Newham. This proposal was outlined in a short film, London's Regeneration Supernova, and shown to foreign developers and businesses at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. While the sweeping changes to East London have been keenly felt by locals, the symbolism and practicalities of these changes - for the local area, and the world alike - are overdue serious investigation. Regeneration Songs is about how places are turned into simple stories for packaged investment opportunities, how people living in those places relate to those stories, and how music and art can render those stories in many different ways. The book will also include a download code to obtain the related musical project, Music for Masterplanning - in which musicians from East London soundtracked London's Regeneration Supernova - and a 32-page glossy insert detailing the artists involved.