The American Lawn
- ISBN-10
- 1568981600
- ISBN-13
- 9781568981604
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 242
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Author
- Georges Teyssot
Description
The site of political demonstrations, sporting events, and barbecues, and the object of loving, if not obsessive, care and attention, the lawn is also symbolically tied to our notions of community and civic responsibility, serving in the process as one of the foundations of democracy.
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