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1997

Format:	Book
Author:	Huxtable, Ada Louise.
Title:	The unreal America : architecture and illusion / Ada Louise Huxtable.
Publisher, Date:	New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, ©1997.
Description:	188 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Summary:	Argues that modern American commercial structures such as amusement parks, shopping malls, and historical villages reflect society's preference for formulaic designs and simplified reinventions of past styles rather than innovative ideas in architectural design.
Subjects:	Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Architecture -- Psychological aspects. Architecture -- Environmental aspects -- United States. Architecture -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Machine derived contents note: PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- The Way It Never Was -- America the Faux -- The Real Fake and the Fake Fake -- Marketing Illusion -- Illusion and Architecture -- The New Architecture -- Conclusions -- INDEX.
Web Site:	Table of contents
LCCN:	96047066
ISBN:	1565840550 9781565840553
Other Number:	35723721
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Control Number:	51014
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Call Number:	720.973 Huxtable

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