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Explores the architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. This work shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language and its particular means of expression.

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/11/2006
      ISBN13: 9780226015064, 978-0226015064
      ISBN10: 0226015068
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      Book Synopsis
      Explores the architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. This work shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language and its particular means of expression.

      Trade Review
      "The book itself as a production is spectacular." - David Dunster, Architectural Review"

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