TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vale,Brenda
AU  - Vale,Robert
TI  - Architecture on the carpet: the curious tale of construction toys and the genesis of modern buildings
SN  - 9780500342855
AV  - NA680 V35 2013
U1  - 724.7 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Thames & Hudson
KW  - Architectural toys
KW  - Local
KW  - Baukasten
KW  - gnd
KW  - Spielzeug
KW  - Moderne
KW  - Architektur
KW  - Toys
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Architecture, Modern
KW  - fast
KW  - architectural models
KW  - Blocks (Toys)
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Toys are Us -- Modernism on the line -- Richter's blocks and the castles on the Rhine -- Meccano and making visible how things work -- Lott's bricks and the Arts and Crafts movement -- Wenebrik and the (un-modern) steel house -- Lincoln Logs and the log cabin -- Mobaco and De Stijl -- Bayko and suburbia -- Minibrix and unassuming architecture -- Juneero and the architecture of make-do-and-mend -- Castos and concrete on the carpet -- Bilt-E-Z, Girder and Panel, Arkitex and the brave new world -- Playplax and deconstruction -- Lego and the green city -- Learning architecture on the carpet
ER  -