Law Jia-Hao A0085833X AR5221 27 April 2015 Iconic Architecture, Urban Space and Capital – Marina Bay as Iconic Architecture In “The Enigma of Capital”, David Harvey writes that due to the crisis-prone nature of capitalism, new needs and desires have to be continuously created among consumers in order to sustain endless accumulation of capital (Harvey 107). According to Paul Jones, iconic architecture has become one of the main strategies by which cities all over the world compete for attention
Table of Contents Introduction 3 Case 1: Failure of the Transcona Grain Elevator. 3 Failure: 3 Why? 4 Case 2: Leaning stability Of Pisa Tower. 4 Failure: 4 Case 3: Landslide in the Lincoln Community 5 Failure: 5 Why? 5 Case 4: Failure of Taipei Mass Rapid Transit Systems 6 Failure: 6 Why? 6 Case 5: The collapse of the Nicoll highway 7 Failure: 7 Why: 7 Case 6: Collapse of Hotel New World 8 Failure: 8 Why 8 Case 7: Collapse of Highland towers in Kuala Lumpur 9 Failure: 9 Why