The Secret Lives of Buildings
The Secret Lives of Buildings by Edward Hollis
Portobello, €30,00 hardback
‘A beautifully wrought book: a kind of illuminated manuscript with words taking the place of picture … Here are wondrous stories writ in stone, and Edward Hollis has written about them very well indeed.’
Jonathan Glancey, Guardian
From the Parthenon to the Berlin Wall, The Secret Lives of Buildings is thirteen stories of each buildings transformation, from conception, to building to habitation and use change. Hollis an architect and lecturer, brings each building to life with magnificent stories of the time during which they stood on their foundations. A must for anyone who has even the slightest interest in architecture.