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OverviewShopping Town is the longoverdue account of the father of the shopping mall, whose work fundamentallyaltered the course of city development. Highlighting Victor Gruen's sense ofhumor and reflections on the postwar transformation of American cities, itembeds his experiences and perspectives in a wider social and political contextwhile revealing his problematic place in American architectural culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Victor Gruen , Anette Baldauf , Anette BaldaufPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9781517902100ISBN 10: 151790210 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 30 May 2017 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsVictor Gruen may well have been the most influential architect of the twentieth century. He invented the mall. --Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Gruen offers readers insight into one of the most significant cultural and economic powerhouses of the mid-century: the suburban shopping mall. -New York-Pennsylvania Collector Victor Gruen may well have been the most influential architect of the twentieth century. He invented the mall. -Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Victor Gruen may well have been the most influential architect of the twentieth century. He invented the mall. Malcolm Gladwell, <i>The New Yorker</i></p> Victor Gruen may well have been the most influential architect of the twentieth century. He invented the mall.-Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker """Victor Gruen may well have been the most influential architect of the twentieth century. He invented the mall.""—Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker ""Gruen offers readers insight into one of the most significant cultural and economic powerhouses of the mid-century: the suburban shopping mall.""—New York-Pennsylvania Collector" Author InformationVictor Gruen (19031980) was an architect and planner who specialized in a range of retail landscapes. He was the author of The Heart of Our Cities and Shopping Towns USA. Anette Baldauf is professor of epistemology and methodology at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria. She is the author or coauthor of several books in German. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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