'In the craven world of architectural criticism Hatherley is that rarest of things: a brave, incisive, elegant and erudite writer, whose books dissect the contemporary built environment to reveal the political fantasies and social realities it embodies' Will Self During the course of the twentieth c
Landscapes of Communism-A History Through Buildings
β Scribed by Owen Hatherley
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 624
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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