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Event: Exhibition:
House of Cars
Santa Monica Civic Center Parking Structure, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners[photo credit: John Linden © 2008]
National Building Museum
Washington, D.C.
10.17.09 – 07.11.10
“As soon as there were cars, there was a parking problem . . . “
House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage, now at the National Building Museum, explores the history of the problem and showcases historic and new solutions.
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What is Graphic Design For?Rotovision, 2006
Um. . .: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They MeanAnchor, 2008
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us)Vintage, 2008
The Sneaker Book: Anatomy of an Industry and an IconNew Press, 1998
The Grolier Club: Lasting ImpressionsUniversity of Chicago Press, 2004
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01.05.10 at 03:27