Dingbat 2.0 : The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis.

Intro -- Copyright -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Table of Contents -- 0.1. Introduction -- 0.2. John Chase, Reyner Banham, Stucco Boxes and Dingbats -- 0.3. Dedication: John Chase, 1953-2010 -- Dingbat -- 1.1. The Sign of Id: The Dingbat that Conquered Los Angeles -- 1.2. Behind the Facade: Judy Fiskin's Dingbat Photographs -- 1.3. Deeply Superficial: Excavating the Dingbat from the Art and Architecture Canon -- 1.4. The Embodiment of Speculation and Regulation: The Rise and Fall of the Dingbat Apartment -- 1.5. Subdivision: R1 and the Dingbat -- 1.6. The Veneer of Nostalgia: Dingbat Life in Slums of Beverly Hills -- 1.7. Apartment Living Is Great: Lesley Marlene Siegel -- Interlude One -- Dingbat Production -- Dingbat Diatribes -- Field Guide to Dingbats -- 2.0. Defining Dingbats -- 2.1. Surface &amp -- Symbol (and Carports) -- 2.2. Dingbat Menagerie -- 2.3. Dingbat Habitats -- 2.4. Post Dingbats -- Interlude Two -- Dingbats and Earthquakes -- Micro-Modifications: Stories of Dingbat Dwellers -- Dingbat 2.0 -- 3.1. A Critic's Response -- 3.2. Dingbat 2.0 International Design Competition -- 3.3. Dingbat 2.0 Competition Jury -- 3.4. Dingbat 2.0: Iconography -- 3.5. Panel: Dingbat as Cultural Icon -- 3.6. Dingbat 2.0: Typology -- 3.7. Panel: Dingbat as Urban Typology -- Credits and Index -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Image Credits -- Dingbat 2.0 Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

The first critical study of the ubiquitous and mundane Los Angeles dingbat apartment, featuring critical essays, photography, competition winners.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.