The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories

by Edward Hollis

Book Overview

A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. To survive, they must become shape-shifters. In an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805087850
• ISBN13: 9780805087857
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"