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Architecture follows fish : an amphibious history of the North Atlantic / André Tavares.
LIBRA NA2543.S6 T38 2024
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tavares, André, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and society--North Atlantic Region.
- Architecture and society.
- Fisheries--North Atlantic Ocean.
- Fisheries.
- Marine ecology--North Atlantic Ocean.
- Marine ecology.
- Vernacular architecture--North Atlantic Region.
- Vernacular architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "To what extent can a fish produce architecture? This book sets out to trace a socioecological history of North Atlantic architecture in relation to fisheries, thus shedding light on the connection that exists between the transformation of marine environments and terrestrial landscapes"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The cove and the surf
- The whale and the shore
- The harbour and the factory
- The salt and the freezer
- The lugger and the city.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262049108
- 0262049104
- OCLC:
- 1418887251
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