Arcades, The History of a Building Type
by Geist, Johann Friedrich
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- Hardcover
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- Good+ (foxing spots to top edge, dust jacket faded, interior clean and tight.
- ISBN 10
- 0262070820
- ISBN 13
- 9780262070829
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1983. Hardcover. Good+ (foxing spots to top edge, dust jacket faded, interior clean and tight.. Black cloth covered boards with white lettering on spine, illustrated dust jacket, 596 pp, profusely illustrated with bw illustrations. Arcades opens with an account of the architectural and social history of the arcade and a discussion of its typological development. The core of the book is a descriptive catalog of nearly 300 arcades, listed alphabetically by city, and illustrated with some 200 plans and drawings and 265 photographs. Many of these arcades remain standing today, whether in restored or modified form. Most of the examples are European but arcades in the United States, Latin America, and Australia are also included as is the work of 20th-century architects and entrepreneurs. The grand arcades of Paris, London, and Milan are described in rich detail; but smaller versions in Derby, England, or Winterthur, Switzerland, or St Paul, Minnesota, are described as well. Based on a translation by Jane O. Newman and John H. Smith. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 173113
- Title
- Arcades, The History of a Building Type
- Author
- Geist, Johann Friedrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ (foxing spots to top edge, dust jacket faded, interior clean and tight.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0262070820
- ISBN 13
- 9780262070829
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- american and european architecture ; architecture- american and european ; ;
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