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 | The Glass State: The Technology of the Spectacle, Paris 1981-1998
Author: Annette Fierro
Publisher: MIT Press
Year: 2002
ISBN 026206233X
| List Price: $48.00
Amazon Price: $36.48
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Category: History / By Era / 20th Century /
Category: History / By Location / Europe /
Category: Urban Planning / Case Studies /
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The many meanings of transparency in architecture analyzed through the transparent monumental buildings that were built as part of François Mitterrand's program of Grands Projets: the metaphor of accessibility as a means of breaking open cultural institutions previously closed to the public. Amazon Customer Average Rating: 
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