[PDF.75mk] Architecture on the Carpet: The Curious Tale of Construction Toys and the Genesis of Modern Buildings

Architecture on the Carpet: The Curious Tale of Construction Toys and the Genesis of Modern Buildings

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 | #1510208 in Books |  Thames n Hudson |  2013-09-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x1.10 x6.40l,1.23 | File type: PDF | 208 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Disappointing how the author covered the subject.|By Karl Slingsby|I was hoping for a book that would define HOW the toy influenced the building style or building, or vice versa. What the book does is attempt to compare a toy with sometimes a construction method, sometimes a building style, and sometimes a word in the advertisement.

The book makes no sense. The enti| |“Refreshingly original.”
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“Argues that construction toys such as Lego and Meccano not only reflect the architecture of the real world, but influence the way individual architects des

An intriguing and nostalgic exploration of the relationships between children’s building sets and developments in modern architecture

This entertaining book offers a novel view of architecture through the prism of construction toys. Ranging over the last century to the present, Brenda and Robert Vale draw parallels between the model-building sets of the modern period and architectural movements, social history, and national identities and my...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Architecture on the Carpet: The Curious Tale of Construction Toys and the Genesis of Modern Buildings   |  Brenda Vale, Robert Vale. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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