Edward Hollis: 4 books

A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless....

The rooms we live in are always more than just four walls. As we decorate these spaces and fill them with objects and friends, they shape our lives and become the backdrop to our sense of self. One day, the houses will be gone, but even then, traces of the stories and the memories they contained will...

Da sempre l'architettura è sinonimo di stabilità, perfezione, immutabilità. Le piramidi di Giza, il Partenone di Atene, la cattedrale di Notre-Dame a Parigi, sono tutti simboli di un passato che non vorrebbe lasciarsi scalfire dal trascorrere del tempo. In realtà non è affatto così: ogni edificio...

At a time when work and home life are becoming increasingly blurred, and modern technology brings the realm of the public into what used to be a personal and private space, Ed Hollis looks at what it means to make a home in today's world. Exploring the meaning of private and public space, the...