Real Estate Histories of Architecture & Capital

This New and sealed 2026 edition of "Real Estate: Histories of Architecture and Capital," edited by esteemed scholars Gregorio Astengo and Davide Spina, offers a critical examination of the intricate relationship between architecture and economic forces. Through a series of insightful essays, it explores the evolution of real estate within urban contexts, making it a valuable resource for students, professionals, and enthusiasts of architecture and urban studies. The contributors, recognized experts in their fields, provide diverse perspectives that illuminate the socio-political implications of architectural practices. It is generally assumed that architects and urban planners design our cities, pursuing aesthetic and social intentions. However, since the beginning of global capitalism, urban expansion worldwide has been driven primarily by developers and construction companies in the pursuit of profit. Although the effects on urban space determined by market logic are considerable, crucial mechanisms of this influential industry have so far gone unnoticed. This book puts the actors in real estate development - from financiers to developers and construction companies to media strategists - in the foreground as producers of architecture. It presents the real estate industry as an essential object of architectural history research, explains the necessary methods and evidence and questions common ideas about how our cities are designed. It is essential reading for anyone interested in how speculative building shaped the built environment of the 18th century up to the present day. This book is essential for anyone seeking to understand the historical narratives that shape our built environment today. Carefully packed and dispatched by Pearl Press.