The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
by Hollis, Edward
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805087850
- ISBN 13
- 9780805087857
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Item Price
$30.59$27.53
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About This Item
Metropolitan Books, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. As New copy in Fine or better dust jacket. First printing with full number line. Pages, covers and jacket are crisp, intact and unmarked. 352 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. Illustrated in B/W photos.\This book challenges the architect's assumption that buildings do not, or should not, change. It looks at 13 famous buildings are argues that buildings are gifts and this means that we must pass them on.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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- Bookseller
- Modern First Editions Boston (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001606
- Title
- The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
- Author
- Hollis, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805087850
- ISBN 13
- 9780805087857
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 352
- Keywords
- Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Modern First Editions Boston
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About Modern First Editions Boston
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