From The Blog
8 May 2020
Kraftwerk seemed to be aiming at a kind of electronic Esperanto, an imaginary universal language that anyone could learn, anyone could speak, anyone could dance to.
Owen Hatherley
Owen Hatherley’s most recent book is Transitional Objects: Photographs of Poland.
Podcasts & Videos
Podcast
24 November 2020
Owen Hatherley talks to Ash Sarkar about his latest book Red Metropolis, in which he looks at the red underbelly of London, Capital of world capitalism.
Pieces about Owen Hatherley in the LRB
A Bloody Stupid Idea: Landlord’s Paradise
James Butler, 6 May 2021
London’s promotion to the status of ‘world city’ in the past twenty years has less to do with its diversity than with the opportunities it presents for property investments more stable than gold,...
Almost Lovable: What Stalin Built
Sheila Fitzpatrick, 30 July 2015
Back in the day, everyone knew that Stalinist architecture was hateful.
It hits in the gut
Will Self, 8 March 2012
Owen Hatherley understands the dangers of ‘nostalgia for the future’, but he’s too far gone to pull out.
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