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A bestseller around the world when first appeared, this visually rich book casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, BLACK pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.

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A new, compact edition of Phaidon's popular title, exploring the use of monochrome in the built environment. From ancient churches to contemporary skyscrapers, Black: Architecture in Monochrome is full of 150 engineering marvels and sleek, contemporary designs. -Aesthetica

""A new, compact edition of Phaidon's popular title, exploring the use of monochrome in the built environment. From ancient churches to contemporary skyscrapers, Black: Architecture in Monochrome is full of 150 engineering marvels and sleek, contemporary designs.""—Aesthetica

"""A new, compact edition of Phaidon's popular title, exploring the use of monochrome in the built environment. From ancient churches to contemporary skyscrapers, Black: Architecture in Monochrome is full of 150 engineering marvels and sleek, contemporary designs.""—Aesthetica"

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Twenty-eight curators, critics, art historians, and artists contributed their expertise to create this art-lover's ideal museum. They come from such institutions as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the British Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; the University of California, Berkeley; La Trobe University, Melbourne; the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London; and The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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