Secret lives of buildings :
Hollis, Edward
Secret lives of buildings : from the Parthenon to the Vegas strip in thirteen stories / by Edward Hollis - London : Portobello Books, 2009. - xii, 388 : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : Introduction: the architect's dream --
The Parthenon, Athens: in which a virgin is ruined --
The Basilica of San Marco, Venice: in which a prince steals four horses and an empire --
Ayasofya, Istanbul: in which a sultan casts a spell and moves the center of the world --
The Santa Casa of Loreto: the wondrous flitting of the Holy House --
Gloucester Cathedral: in which a dead body brings a building to life --
The Alhambra, Granada: in which two cousins marry each other --
The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini: in which a scholar translates a temple --
Sans Souci, Potsdam : in which nothing happens at all --
Notre Dame de Paris: in which the temple of reason is restored --
The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: in which the prophecies of the future are fulfilled --
The Berlin Wall: in which history comes to an end --
The Venetian, Las Vegas: in which history is so, like, over --
The Western Wall, Jerusalem: in which nothing, and everything, has changed.
9781846271274
AR
Architecture--History
Buildings--History
Architectural design--History
721.09 / HOL-S
Secret lives of buildings : from the Parthenon to the Vegas strip in thirteen stories / by Edward Hollis - London : Portobello Books, 2009. - xii, 388 : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : Introduction: the architect's dream --
The Parthenon, Athens: in which a virgin is ruined --
The Basilica of San Marco, Venice: in which a prince steals four horses and an empire --
Ayasofya, Istanbul: in which a sultan casts a spell and moves the center of the world --
The Santa Casa of Loreto: the wondrous flitting of the Holy House --
Gloucester Cathedral: in which a dead body brings a building to life --
The Alhambra, Granada: in which two cousins marry each other --
The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini: in which a scholar translates a temple --
Sans Souci, Potsdam : in which nothing happens at all --
Notre Dame de Paris: in which the temple of reason is restored --
The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: in which the prophecies of the future are fulfilled --
The Berlin Wall: in which history comes to an end --
The Venetian, Las Vegas: in which history is so, like, over --
The Western Wall, Jerusalem: in which nothing, and everything, has changed.
9781846271274
AR
Architecture--History
Buildings--History
Architectural design--History
721.09 / HOL-S