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This text examines society's attitude towards the proliferation of invented environments such as theme parks and shopping malls. It argues that "real" architecture is losing a battle with user-friendly, themed products of a profit-driven culture of marketing, consumerism and entertainment.
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Examines America's preference for invented environments theme parks, shopping malls, historic restorations, heritage marketplaces, new towns like Disney's Celebration, and the latest developer dream houses. Huxtable ( The Tall Building Artistically Reconsidered ), suggests that art and architecture today reflect a view of reality detached from the
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- PublisherThe New Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1565840550
- ISBN 13 9781565840553
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages208
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