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What Americans build and why : psychological perspectives / Ann Sloan Devlin.

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What Americans Build and Why examines five areas of Americans' built environment: houses, healthcare facilities, schools, workplaces, and shopping environments. Synthesizing information from both academic journals and the popular press, the book looks at the relationships of size and scale to t...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Devlin, Ann Sloan, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Architecture and society > United States.
Space (Architecture) > United States > Psychological aspects.
Architecture > United States > Psychological aspects.
Architecture > Human factors > United States.
Architecture and society
Architecture > Human factors
Architecture > Psychological aspects
Space (Architecture) > Psychological aspects
United States
Table of Contents:
  • The landscape of housing : suburbia, new urbanism, and McMansions
  • The landscape of health care : high tech and humanistic
  • The landscape of schools : big schools, small schools
  • The landscape of work : visible or virtual?
  • The landscape of retail : big box and Main Street.

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