LEADER 04275oam 2200661I 450 001 9910451269503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-45539-9 010 $a0-415-28358-2 010 $a1-280-07247-4 010 $a0-203-40203-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203402030 035 $a(CKB)1000000000410425 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH3708186 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289091 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205429 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289091 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10385138 035 $a(PQKB)10401462 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178876 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178876 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10101077 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7247 035 $a(OCoLC)437081795 035 $a(OCoLC)53158219 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000410425 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArchitecture and nature $ecreating the American landscape /$fChristine Macy and Sarah Bonnemaison 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 372 p, [16] p. of plates )$cill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), plans, ports 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-203-41077-7 311 $a0-415-28359-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [347]-361) and index. 327 $a1. 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 330 $aIn 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. 330 $bWinner 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. 606 $aArchitecture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aArchitecture$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArchitecture$xHistory 615 0$aArchitecture$xEnvironmental aspects 676 $a720/.47/0973 686 $a21.62$2bcl 700 $aMacy$b Christine.$0992355 701 $aBonnemaison$b Sarah$0899739 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451269503321 996 $aArchitecture and nature$92272321 997 $aUNINA