Bank Builders; Author: Heathcote, Edwin; Hardback; Book

Author: Heathcote, Edwin
Hardback; Book; Colour and B&w Photographs and Illustrations
224 pages
Published: February 2000
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 0471853593
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In recent years, banks and financial corporations have been responsible for commissioning some of the most interesting and innovative modern architecture. These buildings embody the power of money, but also alter, or sometimes even create, the modern cityscape.The significant contribution of banks to the development of late 20th century architecture. Banks and financial corporations have been responsible for commissioning some of the most innovative architecture, buildings which alter or even create the modern cityscape. This text monitors the spectrum of design in the field and attempts to identify a new building type in its formative period.