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Dream worlds : architecture and entertainment / text by Oliver Herwig ; photographs by Florian Holzherr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Munich ; London : Prestel, 2006Description: 157 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 3791332201
  • 9783791332208
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 725.8 22
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 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].
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 725.8 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A361275B

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].

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