The Springboard in the Pond An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool |
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| Author:
| Van Leeuwen, Thomas A. |
| Series title: | The Graham Foundation/MIT Press Series in Contemporary Architectural Discourse |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-22059-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1998 |
| Publisher: | MIT Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $169.00 |
Book Description:
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Although others have written eloquently on the relationship of water to built form, until now no one has investigated the swimming pool as a quintessentially modern and American space, reflecting America's infatuation with hygiene, skin and recreation. This text looks at the domestic swimming pool and discovers an icon through which to read 20th-century modernism.
Although others have written eloquently on the relationship of water to built form, until now no one has investigated the swimming pool as a quintessentially modern and American space, reflecting America's infatuation with hygiene, skin and recreation. This text looks at the domestic swimming pool and discovers an icon through which to read 20th-century modernism.