The Unreal America: Architecture and Illusion

by Ada Louise Huxtable

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This text examines society's attitude towards the proliferation of invented environments such as theme parks and shopping malls. It argues that real architecture is losing a battle with user-friendly, themed products of a profit-driven culture of marketing, consumerism and entertainment.
  • ISBN10 1565840550
  • ISBN13 9781565840553
  • Publish Date 30 January 1997
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 27 January 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint The New Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 208
  • Language English