Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra-Thin : : Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
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Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Finance capitalism and architecture -- Chapter 2. Zombies and ghosts, growth and decay -- Chapter 3. The forms of finance -- Chapter 4. UHNWIs and the superprime -- Chapter 5. Simplification and postsocial space -- Chapter 6. Residential avatars and life surrogates -- Chapter 7. Constant object -- Chapter 5. From sci-fi to fi-fi -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Image credits -- Index -- About the author.
"'Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin' is an indictment of how finance capitalism dramatically alters not only architectural forms but also the very nature of our cities and societies. From the cavernous underground "iceberg" homes of the superrich in London to Paris's owned-but-empty "zombie" housing to the ultra-thin luxury "pencil towers" sprouting in Manhattan, Matthew Soules demonstrates how investment imperatives shape what and how we build on a global scale."--taken from back cover.
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PUBLISHED
Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781616899462
1616899468
SUBJECTS
Architecture and society -- History -- 21st century.
Financialization.
Architecture -- Economic aspects.