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The Resource Making modern Paris : Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture, Christopher Curtis Mead

Making modern Paris : Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture, Christopher Curtis Mead

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Making modern Paris : Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture
Title
Making modern Paris
Title remainder
Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture
Statement of responsibility
Christopher Curtis Mead
Title variation
Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture
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Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"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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Mead, Christopher Curtis
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plans
  • photographs
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1805-1874
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Baltard, Victor
Series statement
Buildings, landscapes, and societies
Series volume
7
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  • Baltard, Victor
  • Halles centrales (Paris, France)
  • Architecture and society
  • City planning
  • Paris (France)
Label
Making modern Paris : Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture, Christopher Curtis Mead
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Reconsidering Victor Baltard -- Classicism and the architect's education -- Representing Paris -- Decorated construction -- An urban history of the Central Markets -- Housing the city -- Epilogue on function and typology in Baltard's urban architecture -- Appendix. Career chronology of Victor Baltard
Control code
732848093
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
xxi, 300 pages
Isbn
9780271050874
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Lccn
2011026162
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, plans, photographs
Label
Making modern Paris : Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture, Christopher Curtis Mead
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Reconsidering Victor Baltard -- Classicism and the architect's education -- Representing Paris -- Decorated construction -- An urban history of the Central Markets -- Housing the city -- Epilogue on function and typology in Baltard's urban architecture -- Appendix. Career chronology of Victor Baltard
Control code
732848093
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
xxi, 300 pages
Isbn
9780271050874
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Lccn
2011026162
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, plans, photographs

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