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In the eighteenth century Paris underwent a remarkable transformation in Western attitudes about life and death. The Architecture of Death traces this change th
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In the nineteenth century, new cemeteries were built in many Italian cities that were unique in scale and grandeur, and which became destinations on the Grand T
Monument Builders
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Pages: 226
Authors: Edwin Heathcote
Categories: Architecture
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This is a study of buildings created to honour the dead. It explores the links between socio-religious and existential perceptions of death and how this has bee
The Death of Drawing
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Authors: David Ross Scheer
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Architecture Post Mortem
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Architecture Post Mortem surveys architecture’s encounter with death, decline, and ruination following late capitalism. As the world moves closer to an econom