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Sore Sites

Sore Sites

Will Self
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A selection of the author's iconoclastic weekly columns in Building Design is now made available, decorated with the author's own extremely bad drawings, to those without access to the benefits of the architectural trade press. Alighting on subjects broadly architectural, Self talks you through a trip on an open-top bus in London, a visit to Barratt Homes and marvels over the ugliness of Cologne. His targets and objects of affection are as diverse as Pictish broughs; the Sipsocracy and autogeddon; the dignity, or otherwise, of labour; and Norman Foster's plane.Will Self takes this opportunity to scratch at the sore places and follies of modern life -- the Millennium Dome, the Diana cult, Berlin, the new Getty Center, the Cotswolds; to promote his heroes -- JG Ballard, Thomas De Quincey, Julian Jaynes; and to share his observations on topics ranging from Eric Gills dress sense to his own experiences as a hod carrier.
Language
English
Pages
237
Publisher
ellipsis
Release
May 18, 2000
ISBN
1841660310
ISBN 13
9781841660318

Sore Sites

Will Self
3.5/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
A selection of the author's iconoclastic weekly columns in Building Design is now made available, decorated with the author's own extremely bad drawings, to those without access to the benefits of the architectural trade press. Alighting on subjects broadly architectural, Self talks you through a trip on an open-top bus in London, a visit to Barratt Homes and marvels over the ugliness of Cologne. His targets and objects of affection are as diverse as Pictish broughs; the Sipsocracy and autogeddon; the dignity, or otherwise, of labour; and Norman Foster's plane.Will Self takes this opportunity to scratch at the sore places and follies of modern life -- the Millennium Dome, the Diana cult, Berlin, the new Getty Center, the Cotswolds; to promote his heroes -- JG Ballard, Thomas De Quincey, Julian Jaynes; and to share his observations on topics ranging from Eric Gills dress sense to his own experiences as a hod carrier.
Language
English
Pages
237
Publisher
ellipsis
Release
May 18, 2000
ISBN
1841660310
ISBN 13
9781841660318

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