Dream worlds : architecture and entertainment /
Herwig, Oliver,
Dream worlds : architecture and entertainment / text by Oliver Herwig ; photographs by Florian Holzherr. - 157 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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 Cites-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=mc[superscript 2]-Entertainment = Masscompatibility x Coolness[superscript 2].
3791332201 9783791332208
Fantastic architecture
Amusements
725.8
Dream worlds : architecture and entertainment / text by Oliver Herwig ; photographs by Florian Holzherr. - 157 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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 Cites-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=mc[superscript 2]-Entertainment = Masscompatibility x Coolness[superscript 2].
3791332201 9783791332208
Fantastic architecture
Amusements
725.8