04275oam 2200661I 450 991045126950332120200520144314.01-134-45539-90-415-28358-21-280-07247-40-203-40203-010.4324/9780203402030 (CKB)1000000000410425(StDuBDS)AH3708186(SSID)ssj0000289091(PQKBManifestationID)11205429(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289091(PQKBWorkID)10385138(PQKB)10401462(MiAaPQ)EBC178876(Au-PeEL)EBL178876(CaPaEBR)ebr10101077(CaONFJC)MIL7247(OCoLC)437081795(OCoLC)53158219(EXLCZ)99100000000041042520180331d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrArchitecture and nature creating the American landscape /Christine Macy and Sarah BonnemaisonLondon ;New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (xii, 372 p, [16] p. of plates )ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), plans, portsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-203-41077-7 0-415-28359-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-361) and index.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, 1967In 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.Winner of the 2006 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award! The word 'nature' comes from natura , Latin for birth - as do the words nation, native and innate. But nature and nation share more than a common root, they share a common history where one term has been used to define the other. In the United States, the relationship between nation and nature has been central to its colonial and post-colonial history, from the idea of the noble savage to the myth of the frontier. Narrated, painted and filmed, American landscapes have been central to the construction of a national identity. Architecture and Nature presents an in-depth study of how changing ideas of what nature is and what it means for the country have been represented in buildings and landscapes over the past century. Winner of the 2006 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award! The word 'nature' comes from natura , Latin for birth - as do the words nation, native and innate. But nature and nation share more than a common root, they share a common history where one term has been used to define the other. In the United States, the relationship between nation and nature has been central to its colonial and post-colonial history, from the idea of the noble savage to the myth of the frontier. Narrated, painted and filmed, American landscapes have been central to the construction of a national identity. Architecture and Nature presents an in-depth study of how changing ideas of what nature is and what it means for the country have been represented in buildings and landscapes over the past century.ArchitectureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryArchitectureEnvironmental aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.ArchitectureHistoryArchitectureEnvironmental aspects720/.47/097321.62bclMacy Christine.992355Bonnemaison Sarah899739MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451269503321Architecture and nature2272321UNINA