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A book about architecture: what architects do, how they get it right, what an architectural genius can see, and what distinguishes architecture from other arts.

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It began with the dream of a boat.

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1. Wind and Water
2. The Building Game
3. Making Space
4. Fitting In
5. Just a Barn
6. Chrysalis
7. The Mind's Eye
8. The Most Beautiful House in the World

Acknowledgments
Notes on Sources
Index

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  1. Witold Rybczyński (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0670819816
Page Count: 224

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  1. architecture
  2. memoir
  3. sociology 

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