The secret lives of buildings : from the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories / Edward Hollis.
A highly original history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents. Little else made by human hands seems as stable as a building--yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to a...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Metropolitan Books,
2009.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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From the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories. |
| Format: | Book |
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