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Book Title: Surface Architecture
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 8.1in
Author: David Leatherbarrow, Mohsen Mostafavi
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, History / General
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Architecture
Item Weight: 24.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
