TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hollis, Edward
TI  - Secret lives of buildings : : from the Parthenon to the Vegas strip in thirteen stories 
SN  - 9781846271274
U1  - 721.09 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Portobello Books
KW  - AR
KW  - Architecture
KW  - History
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Architectural design
N1  - 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
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