Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies
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Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies
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Reyner Banham came to Los Angeles without the prejudices of a conventional architectural historian and saw the city clearly for what it was — a place shaped by popular taste, industrial ingenuity, and an entirely new relationship between people and landscape. His framework of four ecologies — beach, freeway, flatlands, foothills — remains one of the most useful lenses ever applied to the city.
This edition includes a new foreword by architect and scholar Joe Day, revisiting how Los Angeles, the concept of ecology, and the relevance of Banham's ideas have shifted over the past thirty-five years.
By Reyner Banham.
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