Monument Builders: Modern Architecture and Death

by Edwin Heathcote

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A thoughtful exploration of modern architectural monuments and memorials Structures built in response to death pose unique architectural challenges-challenges that transcend the physical to encompass symbolism, beliefs, and culture. Monument Builders highlights this rarely discussed yet fascinating building type, exploring the links between different perceptions of death and their expression in architecture over the course of the twentieth century...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0471983683

ISBN13:9780471983682

Release Date:March 1999

Publisher:Wiley

Length:224 Pages

Weight:3.86 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 10.4" x 12.3"

Related Subjects

Architecture Death Religious Buildings Social Science Social Sciences

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