Architecture For Cars, 9781849949088
Hardcover
Car culture’s impact: a journey through roadside architecture and its allure.

Architecture For Cars

how cars shaped modern architecture

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  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    15 April 2025

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Summary

Architecture + Cars: A Road Trip Through Automotive Design

A smooth ride through the golden age of car travel, looking at both its cultural and architectural impact on the world.

Despite the inherently mobile nature of cars, the culture of road travel and the road trip is arguably best reflected in the stationary spots found along the way. Christopher Beanland journeys through these built environments the world over, whose sole purpose is to cater to cars an…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781849949088
ISBN-10:1849949085
Author:Christopher Beanland
Publisher:Batsford
Imprint:Batsford
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:15 April 2025
Weight:517g
Dimensions:210mm x 235mm
About The Author

Christopher Beanland

Christopher Beanland is a journalist, comedy writer and author who specialises in architecture and travel writing. He is the author of Unbuilt: Radical Visions of a Future that Never Arrived and Lido: A dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Independent and The Telegraph and is the creator of Park Date - a podcast where he interviews celebrity guests in a park. Christopher lives in London.

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