The Secret Lives of Buildings
From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
The plans are drawn up, a site is chosen, foundations are dug: a building comes into being with the expectation that it will stay put and stay for ever. But a building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation. In this radical re-imagination of architectural history, Edward Hollis tells the stories of thirteen buildings, beginning with the once upon a time when they first appeared, through the years of appropriation, ruin and renovation, and ending with a temporary ever after. In spell-binding prose, Hollis follows his buildings through time and space to reveal th…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84627-128-1
- EAN: 9781846271281
- Produktnummer: 6381416
- Verlag: Granta Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Masse: H19.6 cm x B12.7 cm x D2.7 cm 376 g
- Abbildungen: 10 integrated half-tones
- Gewicht: 376
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Born in London in 1970, EDWARD HOLLIS studied Architecture at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh before joining a practice, working first on ruins and follies in Sri Lanka and then on villas, breweries and town halls in Scotland. He now teaches at Edinburgh College of Art and this is his first book.
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