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Title: Lively and indispensible
Review: A friendly, witty guide to great classic buildings, plus the hot new ones. The book is thick and useful with good maps. Most of all, I like it because it gives such a solid architectural history while it is actually telling "stories" of the people who designed and built these fascinating buildings. I've often used this book in its earlier editions, and now this one -- it's never failed me. Even when I thought I knew everything about a particular city's architecture, I've found new discoveries. It's nice to have a book of this kind that is authoritative and also a lot of fun.
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