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082			_a720.9 _bHOL
100			_aHollis, Edward
245			_aSecret lives of buildings from the parthenon to the vegas strip in thirteen stories
260			_aLondon _bPortobello Books Ltd. _c2010
300			_axii,388p.
500			_aCONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS XI INTRODUCTION I The Architect's Dream THE PARTHENON, ATHENS If In Which a Virgin is Ruined THE BASILICA OF SAN MARCO, VENICE 43 In Which a Prince Steals Four Horses and an Empire AYASOFYA, ISTANBUL 69 In Which a Sultan Casts a Spell and Moves the Centre of the World THE SANTA CASA OF LORETO 93 The Wondrous Flitting of the Holy House GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL 727 In Which a Dead Body Brings a Building to Life THE ALHAMBRA, GRANADA143 In Which Two Cousins Marry One Another THE TEMPIO MALATESTIANO, RIMINI 169 In Which a Scholar Translates a Temple SANS SOUCI, POTSDAM Iff In Which Nothing Happens at All NOTRE DAME DE PARIS 219 In Which the Temple of Reason is Restored THE HULME CRESCENTS, MANCHESTER 243 In Which the Prophecies of the Future are Fulfilled THE BERLIN WALL 271 In Which History Comes to an End THE VENETIAN, LAS VEGAS 297 In Which History is So, Like, Over THE WESTERN WALL, JERUSALEM 323 In Which Nothing, and Everything, Has Changed NOTES 353 BIBLIOGRAPHY 369 ILLUSTRATION CREDITS379 INDEX381
890			_aUnited Kingdom
891			_aSchool of Architecture, CEPT Uni.
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