Making Modern Paris: Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the Urban Practice of Architecture
- ISBN-10
- 027105087X
- ISBN-13
- 9780271050874
- Category
- Architecture and society
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Author
- Christopher Curtis Mead
Description
"Investigates how architecture, technology, politics, and urban planning came together in French architect Victor Baltard's creation of the Central Markets of Paris. Presents a case study of the historical process that produced modern Paris between 1840 and 1870"--Provided by publisher.
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