Views from the river / American Institute of Architects, Committee on Design ; Barton Phelps, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phelps, Barton, 1946-

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Collection (Univerisity of Pennsylvania)

American Institute of Architects. Committee on Design.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Human geography--Mississippi River Valley.

Human geography.

Landscape assessment.

Mississippi River Valley.

Penn Provenance:

Venturi, Robert; Brown, Denise Scott

Physical Description:

viii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Changing American landscapes, the view from the river

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : AIA, [1997]

Contents:

pt. 1. Landscape, myth, and regional change : Memphis, the Hill Country, and the Yazoo/Mississippi Delta

pt. 2. Three reaches upriver : continuity and change from the prairie to the Twin Cities

pt. 3. The possibility of planning : preservation, economics, default

from the River Road to the Vieux Carré.

Notes:

"The 1996 Committee on Design conference series ... called Changing American landscapes : the view from the river ... [a] three-part compendium of essays, commentaries, excerpts, photos, and sketches"--Page vi.

"This book was supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163).

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

OCLC:

40187258