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Big box reuse
Big box reuse
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77 full page color photographs. Since 1962, big-box stores of 20,000 to 28,000 square feet have dotted the American landscape, their bare-boned appearance, according to artist Christensen, promising bare-boned bargains. But after the box is vacated, sometimes after only a few years, a community is left with a decision about what to do with the structure. Christensen(...)
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77 full page color photographs. Since 1962, big-box stores of 20,000 to 28,000 square feet have dotted the American landscape, their bare-boned appearance, according to artist Christensen, promising bare-boned bargains. But after the box is vacated, sometimes after only a few years, a community is left with a decision about what to do with the structure. Christensen(...)
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Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
Publication:
November 2008, Cambridge
November 2008, Cambridge
Title:
Big box reuse
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$34.95
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Summary:
77 full page color photographs. Since 1962, big-box stores of 20,000 to 28,000 square feet have dotted the American landscape, their bare-boned appearance, according to artist Christensen, promising bare-boned bargains. But after the box is vacated, sometimes after only a few years, a community is left with a decision about what to do with the structure. Christensen focuses on empty Wal-Mart and Kmart stores to discuss 10 imaginative and successful projects converting boxes into a library, a Head Start center and a senior resource center, among others. But she also questions whether we should want a future landscape of renovated big box stores: We are what we build, she says.
Big box reuse
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Price:
$34.95
(available in store)
Summary:
77 full page color photographs. Since 1962, big-box stores of 20,000 to 28,000 square feet have dotted the American landscape, their bare-boned appearance, according to artist Christensen, promising bare-boned bargains. But after the box is vacated, sometimes after only a few years, a community is left with a decision about what to do with the structure. Christensen focuses on empty Wal-Mart and Kmart stores to discuss 10 imaginative and successful projects converting boxes into a library, a Head Start center and a senior resource center, among others. But she also questions whether we should want a future landscape of renovated big box stores: We are what we build, she says.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2008, Cambridge
November 2008, Cambridge
Subject:
Commercial interiors, Building types
Commercial interiors, Building types
