Two tone blindstamped patterned boards, stout 4to, printed paper wraparound with publishing details, price etc, pp464. Illustrated in colour throughout. A study of the design and cultural status of a hypothetical city called Ecstacity.Fine copy. . A heavy book weighing c2200g when suitably parcelled, thus exceeding the default weight of 1000g for the postage quotation, and invoking a request for the extra postage at cost at time of order ( or can be supplied on request ) if to be sent overseas or by UK post. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall.

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Title: Guide to Ecstacity.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1568984243
ISBN 13: 9781568984247
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First American Edition.
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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In this encyclopedic book, British architectural visionary Nigel Coates asks us to reimagine the city as a dynamic hybrid of inventive design and cross-cultural political empowerment. His innovative view of the contemporary metropolis is presented in the form of Ecstacity, a hypothetical place that collapses the real into the imaginary, with fragments of cities from around the world woven together into one multifaceted urban fabric.
With streetscapes, buildings and plans appropriated from Tokyo, Cairo, London, New York, Rome, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro, Ecstacity constructs an urban kaleidoscope marked by cultural diversity and suggests that pluralism - and not uniformity - is the best response to the multiplication of modern lifestyles and revolutions in global communication.
Guide to Ecstacity is simultaneously a sourcebook, architectural survey, novel, and autobiography. It features Coates's own influential designs as well as work by other leading architects, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, and Daniel Libeskind.

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