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monuments and palm trees

Posted on October 14, 2015 by twotreatises

In Learning from Las Vegas, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s 1968 study and revindication of American commercial vernacular architecture, the architects claimed, for that oft-maligned landscape, a new monumentality. The Las Vegas Strip, the gas station, and the billboard … Continue reading →

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viva

Posted on January 16, 2012 by twotreatises

Las Vegas: All that money, and they use it unpredictably to do amazing or super-cheesy things (sometimes both at the same time). Amazing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystals_%28Las_Vegas%29 (designed by Daniel Libeskind of Berlin Jewish Museum fame!). Also amazing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria_Resort_%26_Casino (the largest hotel to … Continue reading →

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