Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520260155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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“In one volume Banham does the near-impossible: He makes us see this fragmented city of Los Angeles as a breathing whole.”
Reyner Banham examined the built environment of Los Angeles in a way no architectural historian before him had done, looking with fresh eyes at its manifestations of popular taste and industrial ingenuity, as well as its more traditional modes of residential and commercial building. His construct of "four ecologies" examined the ways Angelenos relate to the beach, the freeways, the flatlands, and the foothills. Banham delighted in this mobile city and identified it as an exemplar of the posturban future. In a spectacular new foreword, architect and scholar Joe Day explores how the structure of Los Angeles, the concept of "ecology," and the relevance of Banham's ideas have changed over the past t
James B. Garrison said LA Re-visited. Even though Banham's book was written in the early '70's, it remains a cogent view of a metropolis that has changed yet remained the same. It is a place, yes a real place, that is defined by geography and the various cultures of its inhabitants to a unique degree. Architecture is but a backdrop to B. Five Stars Walter Marsh Thanks!. "Required classic for anyone that loves Los Angeles" according to McWells. A classic that every Angeleno should own - so sad that so much has disappeared