Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving - Reflections on Building Production in the Vernacular City

Informationen zum Autor John Chase has worked as a journalist, architectural designer, critic and Disney Imagineer. He is currently the urban designer for the City of West Hollywood. His previous books include Everyday Urbanism, Las Vegas: The Success of Excess and Exterior Decoration . Klappentext A free-wheeling guided tour to the cityscape of Southern California, grounding architecture as a multidisciplinary art. Zusammenfassung In this guided tour to the cityscape of Southern California, from movie-star mansions, to the alleys of the homeless, urban planner John Chase combines gossip, anecdote, archival research and tabloid-worthy self revelation, grounding architecture as a multi-disciplinary art.

Product details

• Authors: John Chase, Chase John
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2004
• EAN: 9781859841389
• ISBN: 978-1-85984-138-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Haymarket; Haymarket Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, California, ARCHITECTURE / General