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

• Autore: Macy Christine
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 372 p, [16] p. of plates ) : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), plans, ports
• Disciplina: 720/.47/0973
• Soggetto topico: Architecture - United States - History - 20th century; Architecture - Environmental aspects - United States
• Classificazione: 21.62
• Altri autori: BonnemaisonSarah
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Architecture and nature
• ISBN: 1-134-45538-0; 1-134-45539-9; 0-415-28358-2; 1-280-07247-4; 0-203-40203-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784817803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II