The secret lives of buildings
Subtitle: from the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories
By: Edward Hollis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Co.; Metropolitan Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780805087857
Subjects: Architecture and history; Architecture and society
Other titles: From the ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in thirteen stories
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the architect's dream; title: The Parthenon, Athens: in which a virgin is ruined; title: The Basilica of San Marco, Venice: in which a prince steals four horses and an empire; title: Ayasofya, Istanbul: in which a sultan casts a spell and moves the center of the world; title: The Santa Casa of Loreto: the wondrous flitting of the Holy House; title: Gloucester Cathedral: in which a dead body brings a building to life; title: The Alhambra, Granada: in which two cousins marry one another; title: The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini: in which a scholar translates a temple; title: Sans Souci, Potsdam : in which nothing happens at all; title: Notre Dame de Paris: in which the temple of reason is restored; title: The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: in which the prophecies of the future are fulfilled; title: The Berlin Wall: in which history comes to an end; title: The Venetian, Las Vegas: in which history is so, like, over; title: The Western Wall, Jerusalem: in which nothing, and everything, has changed.