London High - Couverture rigide

Wright, Herbert

 
9780711226951: London High
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0711226954 ISBN 13 : 9780711226951
Editeur : Frances Lincoln, 2006

Synopsis

From London's first pre-war tall buildings - the first to exceed the 30m limit set by the fire brigade were London Transport's Broadway headquarters and London University's Senate House - via Centrepoint to Canary Wharf, the Gherkin and beyond, this lively and provocative book chronicles the adventures and misadventures of architects, developers, politicians and the poor and usually neglected general public in London over the last seventy five years as they have struggled, planned and schemed to erect, or sometimes to prevent the erection, of ever taller buildings. Chronicling, detailing and illustrating over 120 tall buildings in London, this is an invaluable source book, a lively read, and an original and at times devastating critique of how we live and take decisions, and how we have lived and been ruled and overruled.

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À propos de l?auteur

Herbert Wright is a graduate in Physics and Astrophysics from the University of London. His background is in software publishing and business and telecoms media, and he is a freelance journalist and media analyst. He suffers from slight vertigo.

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Éditeur
Frances Lincoln
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0711226954
ISBN 13 
9780711226951
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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