London Bread and Circuses |
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| Author:
| Glancey, Jonathan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85984-645-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2002 |
| Publisher: | Verso Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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Wherever and whenever state and church, state and autocracy, political and architectural ambition have met and loved one another hungrily, domes have raised their imperious, lofty heads. At once magnificent and messy, old-fashioned and ultra-modern, opulent and squalid, London is something of a mongrel city, cross-bred over the centuries from cut-throat commerce, high finance and unrestrained creativity.
Wherever and whenever state and church, state and autocracy, political and architectural ambition have met and loved one another hungrily, domes have raised their imperious, lofty heads. At once magnificent and messy, old-fashioned and ultra-modern, opulent and squalid, London is something of a mongrel city, cross-bred over the centuries from cut-throat commerce, high finance and unrestrained creativity.