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Item Weight: 1.89 lbs
Book Title: VICTOR Gruen:From Urban Shop to New City
Author: Alex Wall
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Individual Architects & Firms / General, Regional, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publisher: ACTAR D
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Architecture, Political Science
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
