Rowan Moore is the architecture critic for the Observer and previously for the Evening Standard. He is also a trained architect, and between 2002 and 2008 was the Director of the Architecture Foundation. Rowan Moore is the architecture critic for the Observer and previously for the Evening Standard. He is also a trained architect, and between 2002 and 2008 was the Director of the Architecture Foundation.
Chapter
1: Desire shapes space, and space shapes desire Chapter
2: The fixed and the wandering home Chapter
3: The true fake Chapter
4: The inconsistent horizon, or notes on the erotic in architecture Chapter
5: Power and freedom Chapter
6: Form follows finance Chapter
7: The rapacity of 'hope' Chapter
8: Eternity of overrated Chapter
9: Life, and the look of life Chapter
10: Indespensible as bread Section
11: List of illustrations Section
12: Selected bibliography Section
13: Acknowledgements Section
14: Index
