Main entry:

Stumpf, Bill.

Title & Author:

The ice palace that melted away : how good design enhances our lives / Bill Stumpf.

Edition:

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, 2000.

Description:

xix, 168 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
"Originally published in hardcover by Pantheon Books, 1998"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168).
pt. 1. Things of civility -- ch. 1. Design of flight -- ch. 2. My dad at the brewery -- ch. 3. Bags and other small graces -- ch. 4. Handsome cab -- ch. 5. American palace that melted away -- ch. 6. Just one for life -- ch. 7. Finding civilization in the wilderness -- pt. 2. Places of civility -- ch. 8. Art, design, and Harlem prep -- ch. 9. Red Door Clinic -- Rest area and the polysemous side of life -- ch. 11. Water works -- ch. 12. Creed of Lake Harriet -- ch. 13. Beer and bacon sandwiches at 5:30 a.m. -- ch. 14. Staying put -- ch. 15. Min og Bo -- pt. 3. paths of civility -- ch. 16. In a London workingman's pub -- ch. 17. Walking Russell to school -- ch. 18. D.J. and Dursu -- ch. 19. Lace curtains in the police station -- ch. 20. Scottish way of retirement -- ch. 21. Past with present.

ISBN:

081663730X (paperback)
9780816637300 (paperback)

Subject:

Design.
Technology and civilization.
Quality of life.
Human comfort.
Quality of Life
Technologie et civilisation.
Qualité de la vie.
Bien-être.
quality of life.
Architecture Aspect social.

Added entries:

How good design enhances our lives

Holdings:

Location: Library main 214621
Call No.: HM221 .S7 2000
Status: Available