City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Round buildings, square buildings & buildings that wiggle like a fish, by Philip M. Isaacson, with photographs by the author

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Round buildings, square buildings & buildings that wiggle like a fish

by Philip M. Isaacson, with photographs by the author

From the classical Parthenon in Greece to the simple fisherman's shacks in New England to the post-modernist Pompidou Center in France, Philip M. Isaacson explores the many elements that give buildings their character and flavor

Three wondrous buildings -- Old stones -- Thick walls and thin walls -- Light and color -- Pathways -- Doorways -- Looking up -- Old bones and new bones -- Indoor skies -- Ornaments -- First impressions -- Shapes