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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
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Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
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16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
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Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
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Baile Park
Baile Park
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16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
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Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
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Baile Park
Baile Park
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Docket
Docket
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A project by Diller + Scofidio for the book The American Lawn with stereoscopic photographs by Robert Sansone
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10 March 2025
10 March 2025
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Docket
A project by Diller + Scofidio for the book The American Lawn with stereoscopic photographs by Robert Sansone
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Docket
A project by Diller + Scofidio for the book The American Lawn with stereoscopic photographs by Robert Sansone
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No Parks?
No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
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25 May 2017
25 May 2017
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No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
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events
events
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25 May 2017
25 May 2017
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video
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1 videocassette (VHS) (approximately 79 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. master, 1 videodisc (DVD-R) (79 min., 44 sec.) : sound, color ; 12 cm consultation copy
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1 videocassette (VHS) (approximately 79 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. master, 1 videodisc (DVD-R) (79 min., 44 sec.) : sound, color ; 12 cm consultation copy
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[1998]
[1998]
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La pelouse comme théâtre : pastoralisme et espace urbain.
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1 videocassette (VHS) (approximately 79 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. master, 1 videodisc (DVD-R) (79 min., 44 sec.) : sound, color ; 12 cm consultation copy
La pelouse comme théâtre : pastoralisme et espace urbain.
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1 videocassette (VHS) (approximately 79 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. master, 1 videodisc (DVD-R) (79 min., 44 sec.) : sound, color ; 12 cm consultation copy
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video
video
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[1998]
[1998]
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64 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
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64 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
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Paris : Éditions B2, [2011], ©2011
Paris : Éditions B2, [2011], ©2011
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La pelouse américaine en guerre : de Pearl Harbor à la crise des missiles, 1941-1961 / Beatriz Colomina ; traduction, Hélène Sirven, Patrick Thomas, Shannon Gilson et Nikola Jankovic.
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64 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
La pelouse américaine en guerre : de Pearl Harbor à la crise des missiles, 1941-1961 / Beatriz Colomina ; traduction, Hélène Sirven, Patrick Thomas, Shannon Gilson et Nikola Jankovic.
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64 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
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Paris : Éditions B2, [2011], ©2011
Paris : Éditions B2, [2011], ©2011
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1 folded sheet (16 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 36 x 72 cm folded to 18 x 18 cm
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1 folded sheet (16 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 36 x 72 cm folded to 18 x 18 cm
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Montréal, Québec, Canada : Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, [1998]
Montréal, Québec, Canada : Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, [1998]
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Surface du quotidien : la pelouse en Amérique, du 16 juin au 8 novembre 1998.
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1 folded sheet (16 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 36 x 72 cm folded to 18 x 18 cm
Surface du quotidien : la pelouse en Amérique, du 16 juin au 8 novembre 1998.
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1 folded sheet (16 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 36 x 72 cm folded to 18 x 18 cm
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Montréal, Québec, Canada : Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, [1998]
Montréal, Québec, Canada : Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, [1998]
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18 items : illustrations (some color) ; 142 cm or smaller
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18 items : illustrations (some color) ; 142 cm or smaller
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Surface du quotidien : la pelouse en Amérique = The American lawn : surface of everyday life : exhibition products, 1998.
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18 items : illustrations (some color) ; 142 cm or smaller
Surface du quotidien : la pelouse en Amérique = The American lawn : surface of everyday life : exhibition products, 1998.
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18 items : illustrations (some color) ; 142 cm or smaller
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189, 5 pages
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189, 5 pages
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Lévis [Québec] : Mercier, 1896.
Lévis [Québec] : Mercier, 1896.
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Lévis [Québec] : Mercier, 1896.
Lévis [Québec] : Mercier, 1896.
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