Debord in Dubai
Author: Tim Chapman • Nov 28th, 2005 •Category: Ballardosphere, architecture, consumerism
Another evocative feature, by Steve Rose in the Guardian, on architectural experimentation in Dubai -
“There is apparently no distinction between resort architecture and permanent housing. Nor is there much of a genuine urban realm outside the old city centre. Instead, there are discrete, self-contained developments, separated from each other by 10-lane highways or empty desert. This is the type of empty, rootless scenario that Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle and Rem Koolhaas’ Generic City warned us about - but then, what else should a 21st-century Arab city look like?”
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1652149,00.html
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