The Secret Lives of Buildings - From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories (Paperback)

Few man-made things seem as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. The Parthenon, that epitome of a ruined temple, was for centuries a working church and then a mosque; the cathedral of Notre Dame was "restored" to a design that none of its original makers would have recognized; remains of the Berlin Wall, once gleefully smashed, have become precious relics. Here Edward Hollis recounts the most enthralling of these metamorphoses and shows how buildings have come to embody the history of Western culture.

General

Imprint:	St Martin's Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	Edward Hollis
Dimensions:	210 x 139 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	370
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-65536-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General
LSN:	0-312-65536-3
Barcode:	9780312655365

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