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Icebergs Zombies and the Ultra-Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the 21st Century

Icebergs Zombies and the Ultra-Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the 21st Century

Soules, Matthew

Hardcover

Real EstateGeneral Architecture

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ISBN10: 1616899468
ISBN13: 9781616899462
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: May 18 2021
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Soules's excellent book makes sense of the capitalist forces we all feel but cannot always name... Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin arms architects and the general public with an essential understanding of how capitalism makes property. Required reading for those who think tomorrow can be different from today.-- Jack Self, coeditor of Real Estates: Life Without Debt

In Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin, Matthew Soules issues an indictment of how finance capitalism dramatically alters not only architectural forms but also the very nature of our cities and societies. We rarely consider architecture to be an important factor in contemporary economic and political debates, yet sparsely occupied ultra-thin pencil towers develop in our cities, functioning as speculative wealth storage for the superrich, and cavernous iceberg homes extend architectural assets many stories below street level. Meanwhile, communities around the globe are blighted by zombie and ghost urbanism, marked by unoccupied neighborhoods and abandoned housing developments.

Learn how the use of architecture as an investment tool has accelerated in recent years, heightening inequality and contributing to worldwide financial instability:

- See how investment imperatives shape what and how we build, changing the very structure of our communities

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