Che cosa intendono realmente gli architetti quando parlano di «eccellenza», «sostenibilità», «benessere», «vivibilità», «creatività», «bellezza» e «innovazione»? E cosa ci dice tutto ciò sul futuro delle nostre case e del nostro pianeta? Reinier de Graaf analizza con acutezza e ironia i continui incroci fra architettura, politica, finanza e potere, approfondendo come la loro i…
Leading architect Reinier de Graaf punctures the myths behind the debates on what contemporary architecture is, with wit and devastating honesty. Architecture, it seems, has become too important to leave to architects. No longer does it suffice to judge a building solely by its appearance, it must be measured, and certified. When architects talk about 'Excellence', 'Sustainability', 'Well-being…
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year A Guardian Best Architecture Book of the Year "Sharp, revealing, funny." —The Guardian "An original and even occasionally hilarious book about losing ideals and finding them again… [De Graaf] deftly shows that architecture cannot be better or more pure than the flawed humans who make it." —The Economist Architecture, we like to believe, is an ele…