Facadism - the preservation of historic facades, the creation of facsimiles in front of new buildings and the decorative exercises of postmodernism - is accused of destroying architectural innovation, of divorcing the interior and exterior of buildings and of reducing townscapes to theatre sets. Its defenders describe facadism as the way urban tradition and progress walk hand in hand.
Facadism presents a critical analysis of a concept central to the way in which the city is being remodelled. Assessing architectural and townscape philosophies and their aesthetics, the principles...

An ordinary day is about to spell disaster for Flight Three-Alpha-Nine. [Author's note: not actually spell disaster, it's not like an anagram or anything. 'Ride tass' is an anagram of disaster but that bears no relation to anything in the story. Look it's probably best we forget this whole blurb bit - it's already gone awry with the whole anagram thing - best you just read the book to find out what it's about...