{"product_id":"los-angeles-the-architecture-of-four-ecologies-1971","title":"\"Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies\" 1971","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePeter Reyner Banham (2 March 1922 – 19 March 1988) was an English architectural critic and writer best known for his theoretical treatise Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960) and for his 1971 book Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies. In the latter he categorized the Los Angeles experience into four ecological models (Surfurbia, Foothills, The Plains of Id, and Autopia) and explored the distinct architectural cultures of each. A frequent visitor to the United States from the early 1960s, he relocated there in 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e[256] pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eReyner Banham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1971\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e9\" x 6\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJacket illustration: A Bigger Splash by David Hockney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eReyner Banham’s classic pioneering study of Los Angeles’ architecture and urbanism, and what makes it unique as a human settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Cary Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45729665024198,"sku":"37435","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0210\/6626\/files\/2026_04_15_11_20_30_001.jpg?v=1776345294","url":"https:\/\/thecarycollection.com\/products\/los-angeles-the-architecture-of-four-ecologies-1971","provider":"The Cary Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}