The Secret Lives of Buildings
From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
Architecture
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Edward Hollis
Metropolitan 2009
Hardback 339 pages  
0805087850 | 9780805087857 |  Product code: 86349  
Great architecture is hailed as 'frozen music' - but does this vision of permanence and perfection exist beyond the dreams of its creators? Through the stories of 13 landmark buildings, this provocative book argues that, in reality, architecture must adapt to changing times or fall into ruin. The Parthenon became a church, and then a mosque; the entire city of Venice has become a museum; Gloucester Cathedral is Hogwarts; while many modernist utopias have been dynamited. Slightly off-mint.
 
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