I AM A MONUMENT : On Learning from Las Vegas.
Title:
I AM A MONUMENT : On Learning from Las Vegas.
Author:
Vinegar, Aron.
ISBN:
9780262285568
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents:
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and Other Minds -- 4 - A Monument for Everyone and No One -- 5 - Reducks, 1972, 1977 -- Appendix: Vincent Scully, Unpublished Introduction to Learning from Las Vegas -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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