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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451269503321

Autore

Macy Christine

Titolo

Architecture and nature : creating the American landscape / / Christine Macy and Sarah Bonnemaison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-45539-9

0-415-28358-2

1-280-07247-4

0-203-40203-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 372 p, [16] p. of plates ) : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), plans, ports

Classificazione

21.62

Altri autori (Persone)

BonnemaisonSarah

Disciplina

720/.47/0973

Soggetti

Architecture - United States - History - 20th century

Architecture - Environmental aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-361) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Exhibiting Wilderness: at the Columbian Exposition, 1893 2. Accommodating the Nature Tourist: In the National Parks, 1903 3. Putting Nature to Work: With the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933 4. Nature Preserved in the Nuclear Age: The Case Study Houses of Los Angeles, 1945 5. Closing the Circle: The Geodesic Domes and a New Ecological Consciousness, 1967

Sommario/riassunto

In the USA, the relationship between nation and nature has been central to its colonial and post-colonial history, from the discovery of a lost paradise to the mythology associated with the frontier. This text explores how such landscapes have been represented in the built environment of architecture & parks.