Deyan Sudjic: The Language of Cities [2017] paperback DRAMA Georges Bataille ranks among the

Georges Bataille ranks among the boldest and most disturbing of twentieth-century thinkers

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His cat has probably been abducted by aliens

With their dead parrots

When Faye Baker discovers a fragile child's skull behind the walls of her new home

Deyan Sudjic: The Language of Cities [2017] paperback DRAMA Georges Bataille ranks among theThe director of the Design Museum defines the greatest artefact of all time: the city We live in a world that is now predominantly urban. So how do we define the city as it evolves in the twenty first century? Drawing examples from across the globe, Deyan Sudjic decodes the underlying forces that shape our cities, such as resources and land, to the ideas that shape conscious elements of design, whether of buildings or of space. Erudite and