Power trip building proves a bumpy ride

By Deyan Sudjic and Deyan Sudjic Deyan Sudjic 2005-04-29T00:00:00

What started me writing about the edifice complex was a photograph published in the Scotsman midway between the two Iraq wars. It showed Saddam Hussein, in his British army surplus sweater and beret, surrounded by a cluster of henchmen with interchangeable moustaches, lost in wonder at the sight of a ...

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