- Published: 15 March 2018
- ISBN: 9780099538233
- Imprint: Windmill Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $35.00
The Age of Spectacle
Adventures in Architecture and the 21st-Century City

















- Published: 15 March 2018
- ISBN: 9780099538233
- Imprint: Windmill Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400
- RRP: $35.00
First class. Finally, a book that nails the iconic movement – Tom Dyckhoff’s The Age of Spectacle is the book that I wish I had written.
Simon Jenkins
Laced with irony and personal anecdote . . . A knowledgeable guide . . . There's no lack of wit or perceptive analysis in the book.
The Times
Unusually accessible [and] well argued.
Evening Standard
A great storyteller . . . you would be hard pushed to find a more knowledgeable or entertaining [guide]
Icon
Such an interesting book . . . I cannot recommend it enough.
Lauren Laverne, Radio 6 Music
Engaging . . . The "iconic" building is the most obvious architectural phenomenon of our age yet, somehow, no one has quite done what Tom Dyckhoff does with The Age of Spectacle, which is to tell its story clearly and plainly.
Rowan Moore, Observer
The story of the transformation of cities from the dense manufacturing hubs of the early 20th century to the consumerist meccas they are today . . . [Dyckhoff] is good at deconstructing the myths that surround gentrification.
Economist