Handbook of Tyranny
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| Author | Theo Deutinger |
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| Language | English |
| Subjects | Architecture, human-rights, ecology |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | Switzerland |
| Publisher | Lars Müller Publishers |
Publication date | 2018 |
| Pages | 160 |
| ISBN | 978-3037785348 |
Handbook of Tyranny is a 2018 non-fiction book by Theo Deutinger. It documents how architecture is used to protect and control humans and animals.
Publication[edit]
Handbook of Tyranny, is written by architect and cartographer Theo Deutinger[1] and published by Lars Müller Publishers in 2018.[2] It has 160 pages.[1]
Synopsis[edit]
The book documents the architecture of refugee camps, prisons, slaughter houses, and border fences and how they are used to control animals and people.[3][4] It illustrates architectural features used to prevent human migration, suicide, terrorism, and illicit drug injection.[2] Themes include nationalism, terrorism, corporate power, and economic globalisation.[1]
The format of each chapter incorporates explanatory text and annotated graphics.[1] It also incorporates two essays, one by American journalist Brendan McGetrick.[1] The presentation of data mimics the styles that Ernst Neufert used in his 1936 reference book Architects' Data.[1]
Critical reception and influence[edit]
Aaron Betsky described the "deeply ironic beauty" of the book, which he also calls terrifying and notes how "ingenious we have become at harming others through both architecture."[2]
The book won the Festival international du livre d'art et du film book award for architecture in 2018.[5]
The book inspired a Carleton University architecture student's project Machine Atlas, which won the Architect Magazine's 2020 Studio Prize.[6] Machine Atlas featured illustrations on extractivism.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Trump's border wall "will be the aesthetic legacy of a dictator"". Dezeen. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ a b c The Pond as a Deadly Device and Other Architectural Terrors, Aaron Betsky, Architect Magazine, 28 March 2018
- ^ Bell, Jonathan (2018-02-13). "The infographics of tyranny exposed in a new handbook". wallpaper.com. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ McLaughlin, Aimée (2018-02-27). "The book highlighting modern day cruelties through infographics". Design Week. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ "FILAF 2018". filaf (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
- ^ a b Studio Prize: Deep Dust | The Killing Dark, Architecture Magazine, Edward Keegan, 9 Dec 2020