Massive architect
The Devil in the White City - Larson Erik
The architect was Daniel H Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens. The killer was H H Holmes, a
The Devil in the White City - Larson Erik
The architect was Daniel H Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens. The killer was H H Holmes, a handsome doctor with blue eyes. He used the attraction of the great fair and his own devilish charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths.
CHURCH OF SACRED HEART - MARGOLIUS, I.
Slovenian architect Joze Plecnik has re-emerged as a key representative of the Modern Movement, yet his work also embraces historical elements. This book looks at his Church of the Sacred Heart which dominates a quiet green square of the Vinohrady quarter in Prague, securely anchoring the borough into Prague's panorama with its prescence. It is a characteristic of Plecnik work, synthesizing classical and traditional Slovenian elements. Externally the Church is enclosed by dark brown brickwork d...