Las Vegas
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- Learning from Las Vegas, vernacular architecture, 20th century architecture, postmodern architecture
A desert city in Nevada, USA, known for its large hotels, extravagant entertainment and dining, and gambling. A prime example of inspiration for postmodern architecture lies along the Las Vegas Strip, which was studied by Robert Venturi in his 1977 book Learning from Las Vegas celebrating the strip's ordinary and common architecture.
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