# Buildings Must Die

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- Authors: [Stephen Cairns](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-cairns), [Jane M Jacobs](https://www.bookquiver.com/jane-m-jacobs)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2017-08-11

## Description

Part memento mori for architecture, and part invocation to reimagine the design values that lay at the heart of its creative purpose. Buildings, although inanimate, are often assumed to have “life.”...

## Editions

### Buildings Must Die

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6253-471-0
- Pages: 312
- Published: 2017-08-11
- Language: en_US