The first edition of Architecture Power and National Identity published in1992 has become a classic winning the prestigious Spiro Kostof award for thebest book ... » 

The first edition of Architecture Power and National Identity published in1992 has become a classic winning the prestigious Spiro Kostof award for thebest book in architecture and urbanism. Lawrence Vale fully has fully updatedthe book which focuses on the relationship between the design of nationalcapitals across the world and the formation of national identity in modernity.Tied to this it explains the role that architecture and planning play in theforceful assertion of state power. The book is truly international in scopelooking at capital cities in the United States India Brazil Sri LankaKuwait Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea. «