Tom Dickoff
Critical & Contextual Studies
MArch, Spatial Practices

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Cities of Tomorrow: an intellectual history of urban planning and design since 1880, ‘Chapter 2” The City of the Dreadful Night: Reactions to the 19th Century Slum City’
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Architecture and Social Reform in Late Victorian London
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The Gentrification Reader. The entire book contains all the key essays on the subject. In particular, the introduction, and the essays by Neil Smith, David Ley, Michael Jager, Jon Caulfield, Caroline Mills, Chris Hammett and Tom Slater
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Ground Control: Fear and happiness in the 21st-century city
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Fantastic Form: Architecture and planning today
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‘Missing Marcuse: On gentrification and displacement’, in Brenner, N., Marcuse, P. and Mayer, M., (2011), (eds), Cities for the People, Not for Profit: critical urban theory and the right to the city
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‘Postmodern urban landscapes: Mapping culture and power’, in Lash, S., and Friedman, J., (eds.), (1992), Modernity and Identity
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Loft Living: culture and capital in urban change
TOM DYCKHOFF: is a historian, writer and broadcaster about architecture, geographies, design and cities. He is the author of The Age of Spectacle: the rise and fall of iconic architecture (2017, Windmill Books), and the official guide to the architecture of 2012’s Olympic Games, The Architecture of London 2012: Vision, Design, Legacy (John Wiley & Sons). Tom has written and presented lots of series and documentaries for television, including: Channel 4’s The Secret Life of Buildings and BBC’s The Culture Show and Saving Britain’s Past. He’s also written and presented many radio documentaries, podcasts and series, including BBC Radio 4’s The Design Dimension. He teaches history and theory of cities & architecture to undergraduates and postgraduates at University College London and Central St Martins, University of the Arts, London.
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