Tom Dyckhoff examines the modern city and the brash architecture that threatens how we live in it.
Tom Dyckhoff is one of Britain's best-known commentators on architecture and urbanism. He is the presenter of The Great Interior Design Challenge and the Radio 4 series The Design Dimension. He was previously architecture and design critic for BBC2's flagship arts programme The Culture Show and architecture critic of The Times. He presented The Secret Life of Buildings for Channel 4, and his seven-part BBC2 series, Saving Britain's Past, examined Britain's obsession with heritage. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute for British Architects, Dyckhoff has written widely for publications including the Guardian, GQ, Wallpaper, and the New Statesman. He lives in London.
Engaging . . . The “iconic” building is the most obvious
architectural phenomenon of our age yet, somehow, no one has quite
done what Tom Dyckhoff does with The Age of Spectacle, which is to
tell its story clearly and plainly.
*Observer*
Unusually accessible [and] well argued.
*Evening Standard*
A great storyteller . . . you would be hard pushed to find a more
knowledgeable or entertaining [guide]
*Icon*
First class. Finally, a book that nails the iconic movement – Tom
Dyckhoff’s The Age of Spectacle is the book that I wish I had
written.
*Simon Jenkins*
Laced with irony and personal anecdote . . . A knowledgeable guide
. . . There's no lack of wit or perceptive analysis in the
book.
*The Times*
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