TV Towers: 8,559 Meters Politics and Architecture

ISBN 10: 3868590242 / ISBN 13: 9783868590241

Published by JOVIS, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TV Towers: 8,559 Meters Politics and Architecture
• Publisher: JOVIS
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3868590242
• ISBN 13: 9783868590241
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book provides an insight into the classic architectural and structural battle - to be larger, to be higher, to go further - that has been raging between TV Towers over the last 100 years. It also sheds light on the associated societal and political contexts these towers grew up in. Since World War II, hardly any other kind of structure has represented the longing for societal, economic and political change. This title takes a look at the TV Towers in prominent cities around the world and seeks to explain how this architecture has expressed the city's ambition, desire, and aspirations of power.

About the Author

Friedrich von Borries und Matthias Böttger gründeten 2 3 das Büro raumtaktik für räumliche Aufklärung und Intervention. raumtaktik beschäftigt sich mit den Produktionsbedingungen von Raum, mit den kulturellen, ökonomischen und politischen Parametern, von denen die Gestaltung von Architektur und Städtebau bestimmt werden. Friedrich von Borries ist Professor für Designtheorie und kuratorische Praxis an der HfBK Hamburg Matthias Böttger unterrichtet an der ETH Zürich Florian Heilmeyer ist Architekturjounalist, Kurator und immer wieder Raumtaktiker aus Überzeugung.