The unique and notable work being done by contemporary architects is generously presented in this illustrated volume. Their designs can be understood as homes intended to be interpretations of life and the environment. Each of the forty examples included in Houses is represented by a wide array of perspectives and details of the houses, apartments and lofts these sophiticated architects have developed.
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"Superb. [A] first-rate narrative" (The Wall Street Journal )about the controversial construction of New York's beloved originalPenn Station and its tunnels\ As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and DavidMcCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated withthe grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at theclose of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re- creates theriveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to buildPenn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that wouldconnect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail.Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarlingplutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed withthe most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York.
