A Guide to the Dirty SouthâAtlanta
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1908967773 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Jennifer Bonner is Assistant Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Director of MALL.
. Jennifer Bonner is Assistant Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Director of MALL
By guiding readers on a tour of Atlanta, this project seeks to reclaim a regional identity for cities otherwise deemed to be a "backwoods" by the East and West Coasts. Drawing on the format of the urban guidebook, A Guide to the Dirty SouthAtlanta generates a new discourse about the architecture of the American South. Steeped in geography, historical events, typology, storytelling, and popular culture, trajectories through the city that the guide takes are idiosyncratic but urge the discipline of architecture toward a long overdue reading of Dirty South regionalism. Borrowing from the hip hop industry and recognising the rivalry bet