HOT TO COLD AN ODYSSEY OF ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATION

Architecture is the art and science of accommodating the lives we want to live. Our cities and buildings aren't givens; they are the way they are because that is as far as we have come to date. They are the best efforts of our ancestors and fellow planetizens, and if they have shortcomings, it...

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Corporate Authors: BIG Bjarke Ingels Group (isuiing body), National Building Museum (U.S.) (isuiing body)
Other Authors: Ingels, Bjarke (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cologne Taschen 2017
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