The founder of the Acadia Summer Arts Program, Marion Boulton Stroud, asked Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour to design and construct houses and other structures for the camp. The architects took as inspiration Maine's indigenous architecture, such as shingle houses and lobster shacks.
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The founder of the Acadia Summer Arts Program, Marion Boulton Stroud, asked Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour to design and construct houses and other structures for the camp. The architects took as inspiration Maine's indigenous architecture, such as shingle houses and lobster shacks.
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Seller's Description:
VG. BW patterned silky cloth (think cowhide), matching flyleaves, 124 pp., many color illus. Presents the design and building work done by these American architects--co-authors of "Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form"--at this art-related site along the rocky coast of Maine. Much fun!
