California Crazy. American Pop Architecture. 45th Ed. Bielsko-Biała

California Crazy. American Pop Architecture. 45th Ed. (książka) Wydawnictwo: Taschen Rok wydania: 2025 Oprawa: twarda Liczba stron: 480 Format: 16.3 x 22.3 cm Numer ISBN: 9783754400180 Kod paskowy (EAN): 9783754400180 Książka "California Crazy. American Pop Architecture. 45th Ed." - opis At the dawn of the automobile age, Americans predilection for wanderlust prompted a new wave of inventive entrepreneurs to cater to this new mode of transportation. Starting in the 1920s, attention-grabbing buildings began to appear that would draw in passing drivers for snacks, provisions, souvenirs, or a quick meal. The architectural establishment of the day dismissed these roadside buildings as monstrosities. Yet, they flourished, especially along Americas Sunbelt, and in particular, in Southern California, as proprietors indulged their creative impulses in the form of giant, eccentric constructions from owls, dolls, pigs, and ships, to coffee pots and fruit. Their symbolic intent was guileless, yet they were marginalized by history. But, over the past 40 years, Californias architectural anomalies have regained their integrity, and are now being celebrated in this freshly revised compendium of buildings, California Craz