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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 |
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.
Handbook 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]
The 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]
Aaron 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]
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