The Icon Project : Architecture, cities, and capitalist globalization

Bok av Leslie Sklair
The Icon Project argues that the transnational capitalist class mobilizes two forms of iconic architectureunique icons recognized as works of art, notably designed by global starchitects (such as Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid); and typical icons copying elements of unique iconsto promote the same ideological message: the culture-ideology of consumerism.