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Owen Hatherley

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in Southampton, The United Kingdom

July 24, 1981

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Owen Hatherley is a British writer and journalist based in London who writes primarily on architecture, politics and culture.

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The pandemic has made it clear that housing is England's greatest divide | Owen Hatherley

Coronavirus has highlighted the gap between owners and tenants – and how politicians are failing to close it

The country’s “divisions” over Brexit have been discussed to death as a signifier of two distinct and opposed cultures, but there is one issue above all others that is the most reliable indicator of political allegiances: housing. Though home ownership has been declining, it remains the cond

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Average rating: 3.87 · 1,307 ratings · 153 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain 3.98 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Militant Modernism 3.76 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ministry of Nostalgia 3.53 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Landscapes of Communism: A History Through Buildings 4.01 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trans-Europe Express 4.06 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Kind of Bleak: Journeys through Urban Britain 4.18 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncommon: An Essay on Pulp 3.85 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Across the Plaza: The Public Voids of the Post-Soviet City 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Again, we find that the space standards of twenty-first century luxury are below the required minimum for dockworkers in 1962.”
― Owen Hatherley, A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain

tags: architecture, housing, social

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“Brutalist architecture was Modernism's angry underside, and was never, much as some would rather it were, a mere aesthetic style. It was a political aesthetic, an attitude, a weapon, dedicated to the precept that nothing was too good for ordinary people. Now, after decades of neglect, it's devided between 'eyesores' and 'icons'; fine for the Barbican's stockbrokers but unacceptable for the ordinary people who were always its intended clients.”
― Owen Hatherley, A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain

tags: architecture, politics, urbanism

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“It shows a mediocre architect at the top of his game [on the Beetham Tower in Manchester]”
― Owen Hatherley, A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain

tags: architecture, criticism, manchester, modern

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