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Ecological PlanningA Historical and Comparative Synthesis
Chosen by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 Ecological planning is the process of understanding, evaluating, and providing options for the use of landscape to ensure a better fit with human habitation. In this ambitious analysis, Forster Ndubisi provides a succinct historical and comparative account of the various approaches to this process. He then reveals how each of …
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Entrepreneurial VernacularDevelopers' Subdivisions in the 1920s
During the 1920s, enterprising realtors, housing professionals, and builders developed the models that became the inspiration for the subdivision tract housing now commonplace in the U.S. Originally published in 2001. Suburban subdivisions of individual family homes are so familiar a part of the American landscape that it is hard to imagine a time when they were not common in the U. S. The shi…
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Flickering TreasuresRediscovering Baltimore's Forgotten Movie Theaters
The riveting story of Baltimore's movie theaters over the past century, eloquently told through extraordinary photographs and poignant reminiscences. 2018 Winner of the Preservation Award of the Baltimore Heritage Baltimore has been home to hundreds of theaters since the first moving pictures flickered across muslin sheets. These monuments to popular culture, adorned with grandiose architec…
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George Washington's EyeLandscape, Architecture, and Design at Mount Vernon
Explore the beauty and history of Mount Vernon—and the inquisitive, independent mind of its famous architect and landscape designer. Winner of the John Brinkerhoff Jackson Book Prize of the Foundation for Landscape Architecture On the banks of the Potomac River, Mount Vernon stands, with its iconic portico boasting breathtaking views and with a landscape to rival the great gardens of Europe…
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Medicine Moves to the Mall
The shopping mall seems an unlikely place to go for health care services. Yet, the mall has become home to such services as well as a model for redesigning other health care facilities. In Medicine Moves to the Mall, David Charles Sloane and Beverlie Conant Sloane document the historical changes to our health care landscape by exploring the interactions between medicine and place. This unique c…
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The Philadelphia Country HouseArchitecture and Landscape in Colonial America
A highly readable, beautifully illustrated study of the homes built by elite colonial Philadelphians as retreats—which balanced English models with developing local taste. Colonial Americans, if they could afford it, liked to emulate the fashions of London and the style and manners of English country society while at the same time thinking of themselves as distinctly American. The houses the…
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Rediscovering the Great PlainsJourneys by Dog, Canoe, and Horse
Engaging travel memoir recounts author's adventures traveling in Canada's Qu'Appelle River Valley via horse, canoe, and Native American dogsled. The North American Plains are one of the world's great landscapes—perhaps the signature landscape of the continent. Today, the most intimate experience most of us have of the great grasslands is from behind the window of a car or train. It was not a…
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The Unknown World of the Mobile Home
In American popular imagination, the mobile home evokes images of cramped interiors, cheap materials, and occupants too poor or unsavory to live anywhere else. Since the 1940s and '50s, however, mobile home manufacturers have improved standards of construction and now present them as an affordable alternative to conventional site-built homes. Today one of every fourteen Americans lives in a mob…
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The House of the FutureWalt Disney, MIT, and Monsanto's Vision of Tomorrow
Step inside The House of the Future , the iconic Disneyland attraction that captured the imagination of countless visitors during its ten-year run from 1957 to 1967. In this meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated book, readers will take a journey through the conception, construction, opening, lasting impact, and ultimate closure of this groundbreaking exhibit. The House of the …
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Frederick Law Olmsted's Point ChautauquaThe Story of an Historic Lakeside Com…
Discover the story of Point Chautauqua, a unique lakeside community designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Explore the history of this architectural gem, from its origins as a religious community to its evolution into a vibrant summer resort and residential area. Learn about Olmsted's design principles and how they shaped the community's landscape and character. This book offers a fascinating look…
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