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1984 Olympics. Deborah Sussman's graphics and Jon Jerde's evanescent architecture for the Games of the Los Angeles Olympics were homogeneous, sunny, reassuring, nice. The color palette of the cardboard columns and fabric-covered fences was precisely of its time and place, beach-blanket postmodernism come to temporary life...
In addition, the editors seem to feel that stereotypes play the major role in a student's decision to live in a particular house. They ignore the differences in special facilities, location, room size and architecture.
Much of the attention to what critics call the "vernacular architecture" of the postwar era comes from baby boomers nostalgically intent on preserving the roadside attractions of their youth. Groups in six states are seriously studying some of the teepee-shape motels and iceberg-shape gas stations that still dot...
The debate over the historic worth of these roadside wonders is sure to continue. Landscape theorist J.B. Jackson thinks saving car washes and doughnut stores is absurd. Says he: "There's a fake folksiness at work." Although Liebs somewhat agrees, he feels it is necessary to study vernacular architecture. "This...
DESIGN: The doo-wop architecture of the 1950s -- slices of history or tacky nostalgia?