Easton Architects, Punta Gorda, Florida
Easton Architects, Punta Gorda, Florida

Tag: suburban urbanism

  • 5.12 · Orange County, California – The Suburban Frontier

    5.12 · Orange County, California – The Suburban Frontier

    Orange County transformed citrus groves into one of America’s defining suburban landscapes. This case study examines master-planned Irvine, decentralized urban form, architecture, real-estate economics and the environmental limits of the Southern California suburban ideal.

  • 5.8 · Mall of America, Minnesota – 
Consumption as Civic Space

    5.8 · Mall of America, Minnesota – Consumption as Civic Space

    The Mall of America represents the culmination of the American shopping mall: a privatized city of consumption where retail, entertainment, climate control, spectacle, and simulated civic life were gathered under one roof.