DOCOMOMO UK Annual Discourse 2008: Modernity & Its Discontents: Deyan Sudjic November 25, 2008

"The political uses of modernity have had mixed results. Contemporary architecture and planning were the weapons used by Ataturk to establish Modern Turkey. A similar course was followed with less successful results by the Iran of the Shahs, and, at a couple of steps removed by Saddam Hussein. Is there a correlation between architectural language and the meaning of building?"

Deyan Sudjic OBE Hon RIBA, Director of the Design Museum, is a widely known writer and critic. He edited Domus and was the founding editor of Blueprint magazine. How the rich and powerful shape the world is the subject of his book The Edifice Complex and this lecture.

This event is produced by DOCOMOMO in association with The Building Centre and with the support of Forticrete.

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