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Genre/Form: | History Catalogue d'exposition (Descripteur de forme) Catalogues d'exposition |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Wim de Wit; Christopher James Alexander; Getty Research Institute.; J. Paul Getty Museum.; Pacific Standard Time (Projet) |
ISBN: | 9781606061282 1606061283 |
OCLC Number: | 863139504 |
Notes: | Exposition tenue du 9 avril au 21 juil. 2013 au J. Paul Getty Museum et organisée par Getty Research Institute et J. Paul Getty Museum sous les auspices du Pacific Standard. |
Awards: | Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (West-Pacific Nonfiction) 2014 |
Description: | 301 p. : ill. (certaines en coul.) ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Foreword: Studying Los Angeles's urbanism / Thomas W. Gaehtgens -- Introduction: Provoking new perceptions of Los Angeles / Wim de Wit and Christopher James Alexander -- Transformative landscapes : The deep historical morphology of the Los Angeles metropolis / Philip J. Ethington ; Dreams deferred: parks and open space / William Deverell ; All freeways lead to East Los Angeles: rethinking the L.A. freeway and its meanings / Eric Avila ; Los Angeles after dark: the incandescent city / Sandy Isenstadt -- Engaging modernism : "The style of the future"? The vicissitudes of modernism in Los Angeles / Wim de Wit ; Professional and educational discourse: training the next generation of architects in Los Angeles / Ken Breisch ; Across the Pacific: Los Angeles as a catalyst for architectural change in East Asia / Jeffrey W. Cody ; Latin America and Los Angeles: architectural exchanges / Hugo Segawa and Fernando Atique ; Preserving modern architecture in Los Angeles / Susan Macdonald -- Developing communities : Suburban landscapes of Los Angeles / Becky Nicolaides ; Domestic speculation: architects and builders in postwar Los Angeles / Dana Cuff ; Experimental jet set: aerospace and the modern house in Los Angeles / Dana Hutt -- Engineered audacity : LAX: designing for the jet age / Vanessa R. Schwartz ; Architecture industry: the L.A. Ten / Stephen Phillips ; Everyday entertainment: post-postwar life in the San Gabriel valley / Chris Nichols. |
Responsibility: | edited by Wim de Wit and Christopher James Alexander. |
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