09.23.21 Visiting Lecture | Matthew Soules—Icebergs, Zombies and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the 21st Century from rise zombies Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 69 min 32 sec ✓ Published: 02-Oct-2021
Description: This lecture presents work from the newly-released book Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century (Princeton Architectural Press, 2021), which examines the rise of finance capitalism and its effect on architecture. From the cavernous underground “iceberg” homes of the superrich in London to Paris’s owned-but-empty “zombie” housing to the ultra-thin luxury “pencil towers” sprouting in Manhattan, the book demonstrates how investm
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