Jones, Richard (2014) Book review: buildings must die: a perverse view of architecture by Stephen Cairns and Jane M. Jacobs. LSE Review of Books (23 Jun 2014). Website.
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Abstract
Buildings are often assumed to have “life”. But what of the “death” of buildings? What of the decay, deterioration, and destruction to which they are inevitably subject? In Buildings Must Die, Stephen Cairns and Jane M. Jacobs aim to examine spalling concrete and creeping rust, and pick through the rubble of earthquake-shattered churches, imploded housing projects, and demolished Brutalist office buildings. Richard Jones finds this a strikingly original and provocative book which deserves a wide readership across the social sciences.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology N Fine Arts > NA Architecture |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2017 08:54 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 19:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/74479 |
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