- Symbolism in architecture, Architecture, Architecture, united states, Architecture--nevada--las vegas
Upon its publication by the MIT Press in 1972, ***Learning from Las Vegas*** was immediately influential and controversial. The authors made an argument that was revolutionary for its time -- that the billboards and casinos of Las Vegas were worthy of architectural attention -- and offered a challenge for contemporary architects obsessed with the heroic and monumental.
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Cool, warm, grave and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- First published
- November 1998
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- Editorial GG, Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.L., Birkhauser
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- French, English, heb, German
- ISBN
- 9782870090954
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