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Airports : a century of architecture

text Airports : a century of architecture

Pearman, Hugh.

Summary
The airport terminal, the most important building type in the world of transportation, is also the site of the most ambitious and innovative achievements in 20th-century architecture. From the timber runway used during the Wright Brothers' first p... Read more
Contents
Introduction: the most exciting places on earth -- Origins -- A new building type -- The romantic illusion -- The imagery of flight -- The post-war international airport -- Small can be beautiful -- Cities of flight -- Endnote: six futures -- Bibl... Read more
Format
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Description
240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Publisher
H.N. Abrams 2004
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Woodmere (Main Branch) OVS 720 PEA in Oversize Reshelving

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