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Tag Archives: iconic architecture
Notes from the South (Part 4): Branding Africa’s World Class City
by Ares Kalandides In Summer 2013 the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa ruled that Johannesburg should stop using the slogan of “Africa’s World Class City” as this tile was “misleading and did not represent reality”. As far as I … Continue reading →
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Philharmonie de Paris: a grand design turned £300m ‘bottomless pit’ | World news | guardian.co.uk
The part of the story behind iconic buildings that they never tell you: diverting funds from other urban projects of higher priority: “The extravagant metal-encased building, likened to a stack of giant paving stones reflecting the city, is the latest … Continue reading →
For the Love of a City by Michael Marder – Project Syndicate
“That is how easily recognizable landmarks—Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, and so on—acquire their bigger-than-life significance. These privileged parts of the city stand in for the whole in a substitution that makes the process of idealization possible. New York “is” … Continue reading →
The Shard, London’s Newest Outcast
by Mark Byrnes on Europe’s tallest building reblogged from “the Atlantic Cities – Place Matters” The Shard, London’s Newest Outcast.
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