{"product_id":"a-guide-to-the-new-ruins-of-great-britain-paperback-by-owen-hatherley","title":"A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain Paperback by Owen Hatherley","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVerso\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2011-07-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781844677009\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e508.03\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.96 x 13.94 x 3.1\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eBack in 1997, New Labour came to power amid much talk of regenerating the inner cities left to rot under successive Conservative governments. Over the next decade, British cities became the laboratories of the new enterprise economy: glowing monuments to finance, property speculation, and the service industry—until the crash.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain\u003c\/i\u003e, Owen Hatherley sets out to explore the wreckage—the buildings that epitomized an age of greed and aspiration. From Greenwich to Glasgow, Milton Keynes to Manchester, Hatherley maps the derelict Britain of the 2010s: from riverside apartment complexes, art galleries and amorphous interactive “centers,” to shopping malls, call centers and factories turned into expensive lofts. In doing so, he provides a mordant commentary on the urban environment in which we live, work and consume. Scathing, forensic, bleakly humorous, \u003ci\u003eA Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain\u003c\/i\u003e is a coruscating autopsy of a get-rich-quick, aspirational politics, a brilliant, architectural “state we’re in.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOwen Hatherley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eMilitant Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e, a defense of the modernist movement, and \u003ci\u003eA Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes regularly on the political aesthetics of architecture, urbanism and popular culture for a variety of publications, including \u003ci\u003eBuilding Design\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e. He blogs on political aesthetics at \u0026lt;a href=\"http:\/\/nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com\/\"\u0026gt;nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com\u0026lt;\/a\u0026gt;.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556488663201,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781844677009","price":53.96,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781844677009.jpg?v=1781818568","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/a-guide-to-the-new-ruins-of-great-britain-paperback-by-owen-hatherley","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}