- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Penguin UK; New edition edition (Jun 14 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140136606
- ISBN-13: 978-0140136609
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,873,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Los Angeles deserves to be read today . . . as a model on how to read any city." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
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DIVERSE AS FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, CHARLES EAMES, RICHARD NEUTRA AND SIMON RODIA (WHO DESIGNED THE UNIQUE WATTS TOWERS) IN THEIR PROPER CONTEXTS OF MOUNTAINS, PLAINS, BEACHES AND FREEWAYS.
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Getting to know LA from the ground up,
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This review is from: Los Angeles (Mass Market Paperback)
Reyner Banham's writing is intelligent and entertaining. He has taken LA to heart and reveals how its "four ecologies" have affected its contemporary appearance and character. You'll not only learn how LA's architecture came to be as it is, but learn a great deal about the history and personality of the city as well. I read this book to get to know LA better. I couldn't have picked a better one.
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LA Re-visited,
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This review is from: Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies (Paperback)
Even though Banham's book was written in the early '70's, it remains a cogent view of a metropolis that has changed yet remained the same. It is a place, yes a real place, that is defined by geography and the various cultures of its inhabitants to a unique degree. Architecture is but a backdrop to Banham's larger point about the inter-relationship of people to the natural and built environments. The perspective of 35 years only sharpens the observations made by the insightful author.
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Getting to know LA from the ground up,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Los Angeles (Mass Market Paperback)
Reyner Banham's writing is intelligent and entertaining. He has taken LA to heart and reveals how its "four ecologies" have affected its contemporary appearance and character. You'll not only learn how LA's architecture came to be as it is, but learn a great deal about the history and personality of the city as well. I read this book to get to know LA better. I couldn't have picked a better one.
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When the Going Was Good,
By David Schweizer "Almawood" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies (Paperback)
Los Angeles. There were a few years there when Los Angles was the center of the world. 1965-1985, give or take a few years. Oh yes, even the Brits were raving. David Hockney had declared LA the best place to paint ("Splash") and Reyner Banham declared LA the city of tomorrow. Things were cooking and I was there. Then things started to go wrong. Spielberg and the boys from USC took over Hollywood and turned the city from a culture center into an amusement park. The pollution started to get too dangerous to laugh at. The gangs took over much of the fringe. There was Rodney King, O.J., riots, earthquakes, fires, gang warfare. All in all, the city was destroyed. Who knows what Banham might make of the place now. This is a great little book.
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