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Stewart Brand |
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Architecture · |
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Millennium Whole Earth Catalog: "Stewart Brand illuminates an ancient mystery: What design features...permit the graceful evolution that makes some buildings wonderful to look at and be in?....The book is a great ride past the examples of good and bad, with plenty of astutely chosen photographs." |
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Format: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Group USA (October 01, 1995) Measurements: 8.5"(h) x 11"(w) x 0.75"(d), 1.8 lbs. ISBN: 9780140139969 |
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Like people, buildings change with age, forced to adapt to the needs of current occupations. This provocative examination of buildings that have adapted well, and some that haven't, calls for a dramatic rethinking in the way new buildings are designed, one that allows structures to grow and change easily with the environment. Photos. |
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