The Secret Lives of Buildings

Name: The Secret Lives of Buildings
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5042671The Secret Lives of Buildingshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-secret-lives-of-buildings-9781429982108/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3167318/98b68466-ff07-4d1f-9c74-12b639658486.jpg?v=638562211234830000206251MXNHenry Holt and Co.InStock/Ebooks/A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents.Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. To survive, they must become shape-shifters.In an inspired refashioning of architectural history, Edward Hollis recounts more than a dozen stories of such metamorphosis, highlighting the way in which even the most familiar structures all change over time into "something rich and strange." 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, meanwhile, which was once gleefully smashed and bulldozed, are now treated as precious relics.With The Secret Lives of Buildings, Edward Hollis recounts the most enthralling of these metamorphoses and shows how buildings have come to embody the history of Western culture.Hollis exposes the surprisingly motley histories of some of the worlds great landmarks . . . The chapter on the Parthenon actually brought me to tears. Jenna Russell, The Boston GlobeWhat a happy tingle of discovery to come across a book that differs sharply from all the others in its field! . . . Hollis thinks with such originality and writes with such flair that he is a pleasure to read. Stanley Abercrombie, The American Scholar...2350960The Secret Lives of Buildings206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-secret-lives-of-buildings-9781429982108/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3167318/98b68466-ff07-4d1f-9c74-12b639658486.jpg?v=638562211234830000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20099781429982108_W3siaWQiOiI1ODVmZjIzNS00NTIzLTQ0MGUtYWE4Ny1jOTlmZjM3YzNiN2UiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM2MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwMSwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNTksImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTAxLTI0VDE2OjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781429982108_A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it representsConcrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. To survive, they must become shape-shifters.In an inspired refashioning of architectural history, Edward Hollis recounts more than a dozen stories of such metamorphosis, highlighting the way in which even the most familiar structures all change over time into "something rich and strange." 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, meanwhile, which was once gleefully smashed and bulldozed, are now treated as precious relics.With The Secret Lives of Buildings, Edward Hollis recounts the most enthralling of these metamorphoses and shows how buildings have come to embody the history of Western culture....(*_*)9781429982108_A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents.Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. To survive, they must become shape-shifters.In an inspired refashioning of architectural history, Edward Hollis recounts more than a dozen stories of such metamorphosis, highlighting the way in which even the most familiar structures all change over time into "something rich and strange." 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, meanwhile, which was once gleefully smashed and bulldozed, are now treated as precious relics.With The Secret Lives of Buildings, Edward Hollis recounts the most enthralling of these metamorphoses and shows how buildings have come to embody the history of Western culture.Hollis exposes the surprisingly motley histories of some of the worlds great landmarks . . . The chapter on the Parthenon actually brought me to tears. Jenna Russell, The Boston GlobeWhat a happy tingle of discovery to come across a book that differs sharply from all the others in its field! . . . Hollis thinks with such originality and writes with such flair that he is a pleasure to read. Stanley Abercrombie, The American Scholar...9781429982108_Henry Holt and Co.(*_*)9781429982108_Metropolitan Bookslibro_electonico_9781429982108_9781429982108Edward HollisInglésMéxico2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00Metropolitan Bookshttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-1a8ebc1e-db47-480a-8447-a6136b5faef5.epub