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Terms and conditions applyThe Secret Lives of Buildings
Edward Hollis
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Format: Book
Pages: 388
Publisher: Bcb limited
Date Published: Sep 2009
Stock Code: 69541
ISBN: 9781846271274
Binding: Hardback
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In this radical re-imagination of architectural history, Edward Hollis tells the stories of 13 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 the hidden histories of the Parthenon and the Alhambra, visiting churches that have been carried through the air by angels and ancient palaces recreated by vainglorious dictators, and exploring the monuments of our own day, from souvenir chunks of the Berlin Wall to the fibre-glass theme parks of Las Vegas.
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