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I am a monument : on Learning from Las Vegas / Aron Vinegar.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Vinegar, Aron.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Architectural writing--United States.
Architectural writing.
Book design--Massachusetts--Cambridge--History--20th century.
Book design.
Venturi, Robert. Learning from Las Vegas--Criticism, Textual.
Venturi, Robert.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Rereading one of the most influential architectural books of the twentieth century--as intellectual project, graphic design landmark, and prescient introduction to issues of concern today.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 - Approaching Las Vegas in Wonder and Ambivalence
2 - Our City of Words
3 - Of Ducks, Decorated Sheds, and Other Minds
4 - A Monument for Everyone and No One
5 - Reducks, 1972, 1977
Appendix: Vincent Scully, Unpublished Introduction to Learning from Las Vegas
Notes
Index.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-227) and index.
ISBN:
0-262-31187-9
0-262-28556-8
1-4356-7724-2
OCLC:
273052140

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