Table of Contents

Introduction xi
Chad Randl and D. Medina Lasansky
1 Aspirational Ideals 1
2 Contesting Designed and Planned Space 21
3 Landscapes (Real and Imagined) 39
4 Icons 67
5 Consuming Place 87
6 Conquest and Control 105
7 Identity, Community, Disparity 131
8 Beyond the Game Table 159
Conclusion 177
Acknowledgments 185
Figure Credits 187
Notes 191
Selected Bibliography 207
Contributor Biographies 217
Index 223

About the Author

Chad Randl is the author of A-Frame and Revolving Architecture- A History of Buildings That Rotate, Swivel, and Pivot.

D. Medina Lasansky is Professor in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University, where her research and teaching focus on the intersection of the built environment, politics, and popular culture.