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Architecture on the Carpet

Brenda and Robert Vale • Thames & Hudson • ISBN 9780500342855

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Architecture on the Carpet

Brenda and Robert Vale • Thames & Hudson • ISBN-13 9780500342855

ISBN-10 Not provided • 2013 • 1st Edition

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ISBN 9780500342855 • Completeness 48

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Description

This intriguing book offers a novel view of the development of modern architecture through the prism of children?s construction toys. Informative, opinionated and ranging across more than a century of toys and architectural trends, this book inspires an infectious nostalgia for these wonderful toys, many of them vintage classics.

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Publisher: Thames & Hudson
1st Edition2013
Pages: 192Language: English

Catalog notes

Contributor: Brenda and Robert ValeMovement: ModernismMovement: Postmodernism

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Category: Architectural MovementsCategory: Cultural InfluenceCategory: Design TheoryCategory: Educational ToysCategory: Model BuildingCategory: National IdentityCategory: Social History

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