Cold War and Architecture

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Cold War and Architecture
Author : Monika Platzer
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Publisher : Park Publishing (WI)
Language : English
Release Date : 02 May 2024
ISBN : 3038601756
Pages : 0 pages
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This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Cold war and architecture. Contributions to Austria's democratization after 1945", october 17, 2019-february 24, 2020 at Architekturzentrum Wien.

Cold War and Architecture

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Cold war and architecture. Contributions to Austria's democratization after 1945", october 17, 2019-february 24, 2020 at Architekturzentrum Wien.

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