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.
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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 |
Publication
editHandbook 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
editThe 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
editAaron 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