| Trajets: Comment la Mobilite Des Fruits, Des Idees Et Des Architectures Recompose Notre Environnement Contributor(s): Borasi, Giovanna (Author), Beyer, Erika (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 849286155X ISBN-13: 9788492861552 Publisher: Centre Canadien D'Architecture OUR PRICE: $32.40 Product Type: Paperback Language: French Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - General - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.7" W x 9.3" (1.70 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Journeys: How travelling fruit, ideas and buildings rearrange our environment explores the subject of migrations and their impact on the built environment. The publication includes 16 stories written in a narrative form similar to historical fiction. The stories featured highlight key concepts critical to understanding the movement of people, animals, objects and ideas and explore the physical impact of this movement on the built environment. The book brings together different authors, subjects and historical periods in a cohesive way, allowing it to maintain a consistent narrative feel throughout. The authors, experts within their research field, come from various disciplines. Their different backgrounds contribute to the book's diverse and sometimes even witty content. Each story is accompanied by a specially commissioned illustration. A section in the book is also dedicated to photographs and images that visually represent the themes explored in the stories. |