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Dream worlds : architecture and entertainment
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Dream worlds : architecture and entertainment / text by Oliver Herwig ; photographs by Florian Holzherr.
ISBN
3791332201
9783791332208
Published
Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2006.
Physical Description
157 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 16, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156).
Contents
We don't go for entertainment: Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi on Las Vegas.
Past projections Paradise lost: in search of utopia
Pre-fabricated dreams: architecture for pleasure
Ideal cities: their rise and fall in the 20th century
Theming a world: theory and practice of architainment.
Today's fun locations: Celebration and Arcosanti: urban laboratories
Coney Island and the Oktoberfest: amusement archetypes
Disney World: the power of perfection
Las Vegas: the first mediafied dream world
Southdale Mall and Mall of America: a shopping universe
Tropical Islands and the Palm: last resorts.
The future of diversion: Dream worlds reloaded: theme-park cities and game worlds
E=mc2: entertainment = masscompatibility x coolness.
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