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The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories by Edward Hollis (Hardcover, 2009)

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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 forever. 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 reimagination 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 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Granta Books
ISBN-13
9781846271274
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92132539

Product Key Features

Book Title
The Secret Lives of Buildings: from the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
Author
Edward Hollis
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Number of Pages
448 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
240mm
Item Width
159mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Edward Hollis
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom