Buildings in Disguise

ISBN: 9781590780992

出版社: Boyds Mills Pr

出版年: 2004-11

页数: 48

定价: $ 19.15

装帧: SAL

内容简介

Imagine climbing "into an elephant, sitting "inside a sombrero, or working "inside a basket. These things are possible with mimetic architecture. From north to south, from east to west, buildings designed to look like beagles, baskets and binoculars dot the American landscape. Join Joan Marie Arbogast as she traces the history of this "fun tastic form of architecture in the US. Discover a variety of eye-catching, head-turning buildings beginning with our nation's oldest functioning example, Lucy the Elephant, to one of our youngest, a beagle named Sweet Willy. Though different in size, shape and color, these buildings have one thing in common: to lure potential customers through their doors.