Handbook of Tyranny

2018 non-fiction book by Theo Deutinger

Handbook of Tyranny

Author| Theo Deutinger
Language| English
Subjects| Architecture, human-rights, ecology
Genre| Non-fiction
Published| Switzerland
Publisher| Lars Müller Publishers

Publication date

| 2018
Pages| 160
ISBN| 978-3037785348

Handbook of Tyranny is a 2018 non-fiction book by Theo Deutinger. It documents how architecture is used to protect and control humans and animals.

## Publication

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Handbook of Tyranny, is written by architect and cartographer Theo Deutinger[1] and published by Lars Müller Publishers in 2018.[2] It has 160 pages.[1]

## Synopsis

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The book documents the architecture of refugee camps, prisons, slaughter houses, and border fences and how they are used to control animals and people.[3][4] It illustrates architectural features used to prevent human migration, suicide, terrorism, and illicit drug injection.[2] Themes include nationalism, terrorism, corporate power, and economic globalisation.[1]

The format of each chapter incorporates explanatory text and annotated graphics.[1] It also incorporates two essays, one by American journalist Brendan McGetrick.[1] The presentation of data mimics the styles that Ernst Neufert used in his 1936 reference book Architects' Data.[1]

## Critical reception and influence

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Aaron Betsky described the "deeply ironic beauty" of the book, which he also calls terrifying and notes how "ingenious we have become at harming others through both architecture."[2]

The book won the Festival international du livre d'art et du film book award for architecture in 2018.[5]

The book inspired a Carleton University architecture student's project Machine Atlas, which won the Architect Magazine's 2020 Studio Prize.[6] Machine Atlas featured illustrations on extractivism.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "Trump's border wall "will be the aesthetic legacy of a dictator"". Dezeen. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
2. ^ a b c The Pond as a Deadly Device and Other Architectural Terrors, Aaron Betsky, Architect Magazine, 28 March 2018
3. ^ Bell, Jonathan (2018-02-13). "The infographics of tyranny exposed in a new handbook". wallpaper.com. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
4. ^ McLaughlin, Aimée (2018-02-27). "The book highlighting modern day cruelties through infographics". Design Week. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
5. ^ "FILAF 2018". filaf (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
6. ^ a b Studio Prize: Deep Dust | The Killing Dark, Architecture Magazine, Edward Keegan, 9 Dec 2020