Nicolas Abdelkader calls for a new era of post-capitalist architecture
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In this essay titled ‘a new era, for a post-capitalist architecture?’, nicolas abdelkader lays a heavy charge at the door of architecture. painting it as the ultimate consumer product in a greedy capitalist society, abdelkader unapologetically picks apart the inequality, hypocrisy, vanity, and environmental issues that surround the built environment. the scathing criticism hopes to bring about a real paradigm shift in a sector that’s responsible for 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions.
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