October 1993
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History and Theory
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... In architectural discourse, it is difficult to discuss the atrium building without referencing Frederic Jameson's 1984 essay on Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, which Jameson presented as a spatial manifestation of the cultural turn of late capitalism, a fact that Rice confronts in the opening pages of his new book. 1 Following Jameson's interpretation, architecture critics including Michael Sorkin condemned the atrium building as a symbol of the decline of urban life and public spaces -a privatised, placeless environment akin to the shopping mall and gated community. 2 In that interpretation, Portman's disorienting interiors were the peak of architectural alienation. ...
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October 1993
History and Theory