ARCHITECTURE OF NORMAL BY DANIEL KAVEN

Kaven_Architecture_of_Normal-2676_Small.jpg.webp
Kaven_Architecture_of_Normal-2656_Small.jpg.webp
Kaven_Architecture_of_Normal-2663.jpg.webp
Kaven_Architecture_of_Normal-2676_Small.jpg.webp
Kaven_Architecture_of_Normal-2656_Small.jpg.webp
Kaven_Architecture_of_Normal-2663.jpg.webp

ARCHITECTURE OF NORMAL BY DANIEL KAVEN

$75.00

This book is part of the DANIEL KAVEN collection of books and printed works.

Published by Birkhäuser | $75 | ISBN 978-3-0356-2438-0
456 pages | 8.5 x 11 in. | Cloth-covered hardback

Daniel Kaven’s Architecture of Normal explores the dissonance between the overwhelming American landscape and the underwhelming architecture of its strip malls, fast food chains, motels and tract housing. Part travelogue, art book and architectural survey, the book charts the patterns created by reigning modes of transportation and examines how we came to accept the bland, branded boxes lining America’s streets and freeways. Beginning with a portrait of ambulatory Native American societies and the introduction of horses by the Spanish, Kaven discusses the built environment as it has been shaped by trains, cars, planes and rockets, and looks toward a future architecture defined by autonomous cars and air taxis. This highly visual narrative includes extensive historical photography and Kaven’s own art.

“Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape reads like an enthralling textbook—a breezy history teeming with photography, original artwork, and timelines—even as its author offers a more cautionary take on what we have wrought.”

Brian Libby, Metropolis


Quantity:
Add To Cart