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Posted 03.05.10 | PERMALINK | ESSAY

Ken McCown: Designed Landscapes



China Pilaster Strip Mall
A pilaster in a strip mall outside of the Stone Forest.

Incredible design, incredible to see it in a strip mall, and interesting to see that the only detail on the column is not on the base or the top, but right in the middle.

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ABOUT THE ESSAY

Designed Landscapes
A portfolio of photographs of designed structures and landscapes — from La Jolla to Marfa, from Hadrian's Villa to Storm King — by landscape architecture professor Ken McCown.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ken McCown is director of the Downtown Design Center at the School of Architecture at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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