Mittel Europa: Rediscovering the Style and Design of Central EuropeThe authors of the International Style Library turn their attention to the land east of the Danube as they travel through Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and the surrounding countryside to find in the architecture, interiors, and folk arts of the region a host of thriving design traditions accessible again after a long isolation.Full-color photographs. |
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References to this book
When Buildings Speak: Architecture as Language in the Habsburg Empire and ... Anthony Alofsin No preview available - 2006 |