The springboard in the pond : an intimate history of the swimming pool /
Leeuwen, Thomas A. P. van,
The springboard in the pond : an intimate history of the swimming pool / Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen ; edited by Helen Searing. - vi, 321 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm. - Graham Foundation/MIT Press series in contemporary architectural discourse . - Graham Foundation/MIT Press series in contemporary architectural discourse. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-309) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Fleeing and Flying: Dreams, Tactics, and the Floating Swimming Pool -- Lords of the Swan I: From Maison de Plaisance to Playhouse -- Lords of the Swan II: The Playhouse, the Pool House, and the Pool -- Lords of the Swan III: W. R. Hearst, a West Coast Lohengrin -- The Aquatic Ape and Hollywood: Love, Death, and the Swimming Pool -- Perverse Hydrophobia: The Medusa Complex, or the Dark Side of the Pool -- The Zoo in the Pool -- Bibliography -- Index.
0262220598 9780262220590
98008461
Water and architecture
Swimming pools--History
NA2542.8. / L44 1998
725.74
The springboard in the pond : an intimate history of the swimming pool / Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen ; edited by Helen Searing. - vi, 321 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm. - Graham Foundation/MIT Press series in contemporary architectural discourse . - Graham Foundation/MIT Press series in contemporary architectural discourse. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-309) and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Fleeing and Flying: Dreams, Tactics, and the Floating Swimming Pool -- Lords of the Swan I: From Maison de Plaisance to Playhouse -- Lords of the Swan II: The Playhouse, the Pool House, and the Pool -- Lords of the Swan III: W. R. Hearst, a West Coast Lohengrin -- The Aquatic Ape and Hollywood: Love, Death, and the Swimming Pool -- Perverse Hydrophobia: The Medusa Complex, or the Dark Side of the Pool -- The Zoo in the Pool -- Bibliography -- Index.
0262220598 9780262220590
98008461
Water and architecture
Swimming pools--History
NA2542.8. / L44 1998
725.74