HOLLIS EDWARD

(P/B) HOW TO LIVE IN THE CITY
Building a relationship with a city is a lot like building a relationship with another person - just as cities can be intoxicating, generous and inspiring, so they can also be dangerous, fickle and impenetrable. How to Live in the City is a book for navigating and nurturing this important relationship. Hugo Macdonald believes you need to feel a city to understand it. He won't tell you how wide the perfect pavement should be but he will show you how to walk down a pavement with eyes wide open. This is a book to help you feel human in an inh...
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(P/B) HOW TO ΜΑΚΕ Α ΗΟΜΕ
At a time when work and home life are becoming increasingly blurred, and modern technology brings the realm of the public into what used to be a personal and private space, Ed Hollis looks at what it means to make a home in today's world. Exploring the meaning of private and public space, the importance we place on physical objects and the demands we make of our home environment, How to Make a Home challenges us to re-imagine the concept of home and hearth. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) THE SECRET LIVES OF BUILDINGS - FROM THE PARTHENON TO THE VEGAS STRIP IN THIRTEEN STORIES
The plans are drawn up, a site is chosen, foundations are dug: a building comes into being with the expectation that it will stay put for ever. But a building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation. In this radical re-imagination of architectural history, Edward Hollis tells the stories of thirteen landmark buildings, beginning with the 'once upon a time' when they first appeared, through the years of appropriation, ruin and renovation, and ending with a tempor...
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(P/B) THE SECRET LIVES OF BUILDINGS - FROM THE PARTHENON

(P/B) THE SECRET LIVES OF BUILDINGS