Architecture in play : intimations of modernism in architectural toys / Tamar Zinguer.
Published / Created:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Physical Description:
x, 252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Based on the author's thesis (Princeton University, 2006).
Contents:
Kindergarten Gifts, circa 1836 -- Anchor Stone Building Blocks, 1877 -- Meccano, 1901, and Erector Set, 1911 -- The Toy, 1951, and House of Cards, 1952.
Subject Terms:
Architectural toys. | Play (Philosophy) | Architecture and recreation. | Architecture and society. | Architectural toys. | Architecture and recreation. | Architecture and society. | Play (Philosophy)