Abandoned Cinemas of the World
(Le Crépuscule des Cinémas)
Abandoned buildings around the world seem to attract more and more attention in recent years. This book is a cry out over the progressive delapidation and decadence of a rich patrimony abandoned by key stakeholders and civil society. Hopefuly it will raise the necessary awareness these unique buildings deserve.
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Trans-Europe Express
(Tours of a Lost Continent)
A must read Tour-Book through the Old Continent that explores the complexities and, helas, the contradictions of several of its cities. What we can see and experience today is no less than the result of its tumultuous past, many unrealized expectations and a good deal of great civilization.
Architecture in Uniform
(Design and Building for the Second World War)
Did you know that the Pentagon, built for the USA Department of Defense, is still one of the largest office buildings in the world, with close to 600,000 square meters and 26 km of corridors that took only eight months to be built?
The WWII was one of the decisive factors that pushed industrial production of weapons, consumption goods, construction materials or building technology to a level that had a massive impact in the following decades and coming generations.
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