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Record #209785:
Modern north: architecture on the frozen edge / Julie Decker.
Title: | Modern north: architecture on the frozen edge / Julie Decker. |
Author(s): | Decker, Julie. |
Date: | 2010. |
Publisher: | New York: Princeton Architectural Press |
Abstract: | Describes and discusses 34 examples of contemporary architectures in Canada, Scandinavia and Alaska. Considers ways in which buildings are adapted to extreme conditions and provide visual stimulation in places that sometimes offer little more than "whitescape". |
Keywords: | 69 -- Building construction and materials. 69(211) -- Building construction in cold regions. 7 -- Arts, sport and architecture. 72 -- Architecture. R -- Arts. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*41) -- Canada. (*49) -- Alaska. (*548) -- Scandinavia. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*3) : 72[2010] |
ISBN: | 9781568988993 |
SPRI record no.: | 209785 |
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