New Capital

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45.00
book_author_name: 
Nick Hannes
book_type: 
Hardback
publisher: 
Lannoo Publishers
published_date: 
11/03/2024
isbn: 
9789401403764
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Books > Art, Fashion & Photography > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers
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Nick Hannes|Hardback|Lannoo Publishers|11/03/2024
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9789401403764
Book Description: 
What does the ideal capital look like? Photographer Nick Hannes travelled to six countries – Egypt, Korea, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Brazil – that have recently built a new capital or are in the process of doing so. Each and every one of them is a typical example of what Rem Koolhaas calls the Generic City: a planned city without historical layers, local identity, or its own character. As a visual sociologist with a sharp eye for detail, Hannes searches for the human dimension in a setting full of spectacular architecture and pompous prestige projects. New Capital is a critical reflection on unbridled neoliberal urban development and its social and ecological consequences, but is also peppered with subtle humour and surprising coincidences. Meandering between pride and sadness, New Capital shows how utopia and dystopia are sometimes surprisingly close.

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