UID:
kobvindex_INT0003576
Format:
190 pages
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illustrations (some colour), plans
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20.5 x 13 cm
ISBN:
9783860681923
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3860681923
Series Statement:
Verso (Weimar (Thuringia, Germany))
Content:
"Ever since Venturi, Scott-Brown and Izenour hit upon Las Vegas in the 1970s, this city has offered urbanists with the pre-eminent exemplar of spectacular architecture and image-laden city space. 'Stripping Las Vegas' explores the incredible seductive and psychological power of Las Vegas, while simultaneously exposing the extraordinary socio-economic and political conditions which push it along. Illuminating, thoughtful and at times downright scary, this book offers insights into a potential urban future that we ignore at our peril."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: "This book is the seventh in a series commissioned by the Department of Design and Architectural Theory (Entwerfen und Architekturtheorie) at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar." -- Title page verso
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EDITORIAL NOTE: publication year from publisher
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Preface -- PART 1 : Eugene Moehring : The Sahara Hotel : Las Vegas' "Jewel in the Desert" -- Mark Gottdiener : The mundane and the spectacular : everyday life in Las Vegas -- Hal Rothman : The shape of the city : money and the visual face of Las Vegas -- Bill Friedman : Casino design and its impact on player behavior -- Interview with Zia Hanson from Avery Brooks and Associates -- Interview with Michael Hong from The Jerde Partnership -- PART 2 : Paul Davies, Julie Cook : The Algiers Motel -- Karin Jaschke : Casinos inside out -- Silke Otsch : Earning from Las Vegas -- Jon Goodbun : Public private pedestrianship in Las Vegas : towards a critical experientialism of the inhabitable image -- Dorte Kuhlmann : Big bright green pleasure machine
Language:
English
Keywords:
Edited volumes
