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Item Number: 127999
Title: The Canals of Amsterdam - 400 years of building, living and working
Author: Kleijn, Koen ; Rob van Zoest (eds)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9789068686401
Description: Bussum: Thoth, 2013. 34cm., hardcover, 464pp., 880 color illus. English text. Summary: A book to get lost in, without losing your way. All-encompassing and thorough. A monument realized by a team or renowned specialists. All of the façades along the canals in the UNESCO district are depicted in 180 photo strips and 700 full colour illustrations. On 3 October, 2013, just over 20 year after the publication of the famous Grachtenboek, the Canal Book for the 21st century is coming out. All the canals within the UNESCO World Heritage district are included. The latest research findings with regard to important architects, residents, and the creation and development of this unique urban expansion are incorporated. This book crowns the celebration of four centuries of the Ring Canals with a magnificent volume full of history and stories about the dynamics of this striking section of Amsterdam. The Ring Canals have never looked as prosperous as they do today. They are a local diamond whose radiance spreads around the world, a proud beacon in a globalizing society. Nearly all the façades have been photographed anew for this book. A total of 880 illustrations, including 180 photo strips of the walls of buildings along the canals, make it a rich and generous book. By way of introduction, a team of renowned specialists share their knowledge of the Ring Canals in eleven accessible chapters. The result is a lucid and attractive book, a book to wander through without losing your way, a new standard work for every scholar and lover of Amsterdam and its canals.
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