In this short, intentionally polemical book, Neil Leach draws on the ideas of philosophers and cultural theorists such as Walter Benjamin and Jean Baudrillard to develop a novel and highly incisive critique of the consequences of the growing preoccupation with images and image-making in contemporary[...]

Looks at the impact of digital technologies on the design and analysis of cities, and how they might be used to help architects and designers operate at the urban scale, and design cities in a fresh way.[...]