The tales buildings tell: architects can overwhelm their creations; time can make a hash of great visions.
American Scholar › Vol. 79 Nbr. 1, January 2010
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The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories - Book review
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The tales buildings tell: architects can overwhelm their creations; time can make a hash of great visions.
THE SECRET LIVES OF BUILDINGS
From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen StoriesBy Edward Hollis Metropolitan Books 338 pp. | $28 What a happy tingle of discovery to come across a book that differs sharply from all the others in its field! Most books about architecture focus on buildings in ...See the full content of this document
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