Architecture And Politics

Architecture is inseparable from politics.

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August 15, 2002, 3:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In truth, architecture has always been inseparable from politics in a broad sense. No less than, say, the Egyptian pyramids, Europe's great Gothic cathedrals were conceived as expressions of power. Similarly, both Albert Speer's grandiose design for Hitler's Berlin and 1960's efforts to bring social improvement through public housing were politically inspired. But in Israel, Ms. Zandberg said, architects 'seem never to have examined their actions critically.'"

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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