Architectural Consumption in Los Angeles: Modernism, Power, and the Aesthetic of Plenty

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dc.contributor.advisorFoster, Jennifer J.
dc.creatorBusgang, Alexandra
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:26:11Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:26:11Z
dc.date.copyright2015-02-11
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:26:11Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the economy produced by modernism as the site for developing an aesthetic grounded in opulence and consumption. While early modern architects aimed to break with tradition and create a new language of architectural forms, the call for new architecture has exploded into sites of what Glen Hill calls “aesthetic waste” in his article, “Aesthetics of Architectural Consumption” (2011). In Los Angeles, this aesthetic obsolescence results in developments being demolished at an alarming rate. As the idea of beauty is valued by its proximity to cleanliness or novelty, massive homes are turned to “junk” in pursuit of the ‘new’.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30022
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectAesthetics
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subject.keywordsAesthetics
dc.subject.keywordsSustainability
dc.subject.keywordsModernism
dc.subject.keywordsLos Angeles
dc.subject.keywordsArchitecture
dc.subject.keywordsModern architecture
dc.subject.keywordsWaste
dc.subject.keywordsAesthetic waste
dc.subject.keywordsUrbanism
dc.subject.keywordsSuburban development
dc.subject.keywordsAesthetic taste
dc.titleArchitectural Consumption in Los Angeles: Modernism, Power, and the Aesthetic of Plenty
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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