The Secret Lives of Buildings
From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories
(Sprache: Englisch)
The plans are drawn up, a site is chosen, and foundations are dug: a building comes into being with the expectation that it will stay put and stay for ever. But a building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of...
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The plans are drawn up, a site is chosen, and foundations are dug: a building comes into being with the expectation that it will stay put and stay for ever. 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 re-imagination 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.
Autoren-Porträt von Edward Hollis
Edward Hollis, geboren 1970 in London, studierte Architektur in Cambridge und Edinburgh. Er lehrt Innenarchitektur am Edinburgh College of Art.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Edward Hollis
- 2009, 448 Seiten, Maße: 16,2 x 24,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Granta Books
- ISBN-10: 1846271274
- ISBN-13: 9781846271274
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
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