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Lost Buildings [Hardcover]

Jonathan Glancey
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Goodman Books (6 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1847960014
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847960016
  • Product Dimensions: 31.5 x 26.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 236,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Always informative, unashamedly partisan and often enjoyably tart." - Sunday Telegraph (UK) "Highly readable... Glancey, without doubt one of the finest architectural writers in contemporary Britain, outlines with enviable clarity the theories and realities which have shaped the world we live in today" - Scotland on Sunday

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Have you ever wished that you could have seen King Solomon's mighty Temple in Jerusalem or climbed to the top of the legendary Tower of Babel? What must it have been like to have paraded up and down the great glass galleries of the Crystal Palace in London in 1851? Why is the Euston Arch, demolished in 1961, still missed? What would buildings described in much loved books have been like if these had existed outside their author's imaginations? Imagine walking through the labyrinthine corridors of Mervyn Peake's mythical Gothic fortress Gormenghast, or visiting Toad Hall. And what of the current trend for reconstructing buildings which were destroyed in wartime or for political reasons?"Lost Buildings" is an invitation to visit buildings long vanished or those demolished within living history, some by dim politicians, others by war or "acts of God", that we would pay good money and travel a long way to see, if only they existed, today. It looks, too, at buildings from literature, myth and children's stories, and some lost opportunities - fantastic, ambitious designs that were never built. There are countless buildings that remain vivid in the collective memory, whether they were once real or were only ever imagined. "Lost Buildings" brings these together for the reader's curiosity and delight.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book provides a fascinating account of some of the great buildings that have been lost over time. Some were victims of war or natural disasters but the stories of some of the buildings deliberately demolished through stupidity, ignorance or greed are truly tragic.

But who should decide which buildings should be preserved and which should be demolished? In the introduction the author mentions calls from the public to have Park Hill in Sheffield pulled down. But, no! He, not being an ignorant pleb like the rest of us, knows better! Apparently this failed monstrosity with no architectural merit whatsoever must be saved because he considers it a "once idealistic and rather fascinating local authority housing complex". I suspect that Mr Glancey can afford to live elsewhere!

Anyway, ignore the author's opinions, confine yourself to the facts and "if you have tears prepare to shed them now"!
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Superb book 23 July 2009
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Superb book. It is tragic though that so many of these great buildings have been lost.
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