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Architecture, Death and Nationhood - Monumental Cemeteries of Nineteenth-Century Italy (Hardcover): Hannah Malone Architecture, Death and Nationhood - Monumental Cemeteries of Nineteenth-Century Italy (Hardcover)
Hannah Malone
R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the nineteenth century, new cemeteries were built in many Italian cities that were unique in scale and grandeur, and which became destinations on the Grand Tour. From the Middle Ages, the dead had been buried in churches and urban graveyards but, in the 1740s, a radical reform across Europe prohibited burial inside cities and led to the creation of suburban burial grounds. Italy's nineteenth-century cemeteries were distinctive as monumental or architectural structures, rather than landscaped gardens. They represented a new building type that emerged in response to momentous changes in Italian politics, tied to the fight for independence and the creation of the nation-state. As the first survey of Italy's monumental cemeteries, the book explores the relationship between architecture and politics, or how architecture is formed by political forces. As cities of the dead, cemeteries mirrored the spaces of the living. Against the backdrop of Italy's unification, they conveyed the power of the new nation, efforts to construct an Italian identity, and conflicts between Church and state. Monumental cemeteries helped to foster the narratives and mentalities that shaped Italy as a new nation.

Primary Healthcare Premises - An Expert Guide (Paperback, 1 New Ed): Seamus Kehoe, Lynne Abbess, Valerie Martin, Neil Niblett Primary Healthcare Premises - An Expert Guide (Paperback, 1 New Ed)
Seamus Kehoe, Lynne Abbess, Valerie Martin, Neil Niblett
R898 R829 Discovery Miles 8 290 Save R69 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Primary healthcare premises are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, offering health promotion, minor surgery and specialist services. The acquisition of new premises, expansion or investment in traditional surgeries can be the greatest financial commitment and also one of the most daunting. This book is specifically written to enable development with minimal disruption to the daily medical routine. The book contains viewpoints of specialists with many years' experience gained from working in their individual fields. It is essential reading for GPs, trainees, practice managers and professional advisers to general practice. Specialist architects, solicitors, financial advisors, accountants and health authority managers will also achieve a better understanding of this complex subject.

The Past in the Past: the Re-use of Ancient Monuments - World Archaeology 30:1 (Paperback): Richard Bradley, Howard Williams The Past in the Past: the Re-use of Ancient Monuments - World Archaeology 30:1 (Paperback)
Richard Bradley, Howard Williams
R1,268 Discovery Miles 12 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Just as modern societies interpret ancient monuments and incorporate them in their political and cultural life, so people in the past often re-used their own monuments and places. Illustrated with plates and photographs and including articles by international specialists, this book should appeal to graduates, academics and anyone curious about the re-use of ancient monuments right up to the present day.

The Significance of Monuments - On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe (Hardcover): Richard... The Significance of Monuments - On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe (Hardcover)
Richard Bradley
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including Stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguities. Students of prehistory have long found the highly theoretical interpretations of the period perplexing and contradictory. Starting in the Mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late Bronze Age, Richard Bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoples. The book studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation to over 6000 years later. Part one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric Europe. Other features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental Europe are also examined. Part two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studies.

The Significance of Monuments - On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe (Paperback): Richard... The Significance of Monuments - On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe (Paperback)
Richard Bradley
R1,139 Discovery Miles 11 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including Stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguities. Students of prehistory have long found the highly theoretical interpretations of the period perplexing and contradictory. Starting in the Mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late Bronze Age, Richard Bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoples. The book studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation to over 60000 years later. Part one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric Europe. Other features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental Europe are also examined. Part two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studies.

Take One Building : Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Central Library (Hardcover): Ruth Conroy Dalton,... Take One Building : Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Central Library (Hardcover)
Ruth Conroy Dalton, Christoph Hoelscher
R4,358 Discovery Miles 43 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book evaluates how we experience and understand buildings in different ways depending upon our academic and professional background. With reference to Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Central Library, the book illustrates a range of different methods available through its application to the building. By seeing such a variety of different research methods applied to one setting, it provides the opportunity for researchers to understand how tools can highlight various aspects of a building and how those different methods can augment, or complement, each other. Unique to this book are contributions from internationally renowned academics from fields including architecture, ethnography, architectural criticism, phenomenology, sociology, environmental psychology and cognitive science, all of which are united by a single, real-world application, the Seattle Central Library. This book will be of interest to architects and students of architecture as well as disciplines such as ethnography, sociology, environmental psychology, and cognitive science that have an interest in applying research methods to the built environment.

Conserving the Railway Heritage (Paperback): Peter Burman, Michael Stratton Conserving the Railway Heritage (Paperback)
Peter Burman, Michael Stratton
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Great Britain not only invented the main-line railway but has also led the way in it's preservation - not just locomotves and carriages but also the buildings and structures that bear witness to the confidence of railway developers, architects and engineers. This book defines the nature of the railway heritage - from signalboxes, viaducts, tunnels and locomotive depots - and then discusses priorities and the best practice for it's conservation. The subject is a strongly topical one due to current concern over privatization, the effects of planned high-speed rail links and lively debates concerning the role of the enthusiast in railway preservation.

Designing Schools - Space, Place and Pedagogy (Paperback): Kate Darian-Smith, Julie Willis Designing Schools - Space, Place and Pedagogy (Paperback)
Kate Darian-Smith, Julie Willis
R1,535 Discovery Miles 15 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Designing Schools explores the close connections between the design of school buildings and educational practices throughout the twentieth century to today. Through international cases studies that span the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australia, this volume examines historical innovations in school architecture and situates these within changing pedagogical ideas about the 'best' ways to educate children. It also investigates the challenges posed by new technologies and the digital age to the design and use of school places. Set around three interlinked themes - school buildings, school spaces and school cultures - this book argues that education is mediated or framed by the spaces in which it takes place, and that those spaces are in turn influenced by cultural, political and social concerns about teaching, learning and the child.

Precinct, Temple and Altar in Roman Spain - Studies on the Imperial Monuments at Merida and Tarragona (Hardcover, New Ed):... Precinct, Temple and Altar in Roman Spain - Studies on the Imperial Monuments at Merida and Tarragona (Hardcover, New Ed)
Duncan Fishwick
R4,225 Discovery Miles 42 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The studies included in this volume supplement the work already published by the author on the imperial cult in the Roman West, focussing on the monuments of two cities in Roman Spain, Augusta Emerita (now Merida) and Tarraco (now Tarragona). The introduction gives the general background and context of the four following studies and argues in favour of proactive initiative from the centre. The core of the book is a study of the provincial forum at Augusta Emerita. It opens with a historiographic survey followed by discussion of the plaza (location, portico, "Arco de Trajano"), then surveys other structures and their general architectonic significance. Discussion of the hexastyle temple at the centre of the precinct considers its date of construction and the influence of the provincial governor, L. Fulcinius Trio, in copying the Aedes Concordiae at Rome. Two long sections assigned to analysis of inscriptions and the significance of the provincial centre of Lusitania complete the study. Discussion of the "Temple of Augustus" in Tarragona, in Chapter 3, begins with a historiography of the temple followed by an account of its discovery by ground-probing radar and electric resistivity tomography. After arguing that the temple was provincial ab initio - rather than first municipal then provincial - discussion moves to present opinion on the successive stages of the construction and design of the temple with a final chapter on the significance of the Temple of Hispania Citerior. Two final studies consider the numismatic evidence for an Ara Providentiae at Augusta Emerita, its counterpart in Rome, and the inferred presence of a templum minus at Augusta Emerita with its enigmatic portrayal of Agrippa at sacrifice fifty years after his death. As for the location of this copy of a Roman prototype, analysis focuses on the evidence for a supposed temple in the forum adiectum of the colonial forum and considers the iconographic recomposition of the monument, arguing against current misconception of central details.

Design for Mental and Behavioral Health (Hardcover): Samira Pasha, Mardelle McCuskey Shepley Design for Mental and Behavioral Health (Hardcover)
Samira Pasha, Mardelle McCuskey Shepley
R4,094 Discovery Miles 40 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Studies confirm that the physical environment influences health outcomes, emotional state, preference, satisfaction and orientation, but very little research has focused on mental and behavioural health settings. This book summarizes design principles and design research for individuals who are intending to design new mental and behavioural health facilities and those wishing to evaluate the quality of their existing facilities. The authors discuss mental and behavioural health systems, design guidelines, design research and existing standards, and provide examples of best practice. As behavioural and mental health populations vary in their needs, the primary focus is limited to environments that support acute care, outpatient and emergency care, residential care, veterans, pediatric patients, and the treatment of chemical dependency.

The User Perspective on Twenty-First-Century Art Museums (Hardcover): Georgia Lindsay The User Perspective on Twenty-First-Century Art Museums (Hardcover)
Georgia Lindsay
R5,101 Discovery Miles 51 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The User Perspective on Twenty-First Century Art Museums explains contemporary museums from the whole gamut of user experiences, whether users are preserving art, creating an exhibit, visiting, or part of institutions that use the architecture for branding. Fourteen museums from the United States, Europe, China, and Australia represent new construction, repurposed buildings, and additions, offering examples for most museum design situations. Each is examined using interviews with key stakeholders, photographs, and analyses of press coverage to identify lessons from the main user groups. User groups vary from project to project depending on conditions and context, so each of the four parts of the book features a summary of the users and issues in that section for quick reference. The book concludes with a practical, straightforward lessons-learned summary and a critical assessment of twenty-first-century museum architecture, programming, and expectations to help you embark on a new building design. Architects, architecture students, museum professionals, and aficionados of museum design will all find helpful insights in these lessons and critiques.

Supertall - How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives (Paperback): Stefan Al Supertall - How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives (Paperback)
Stefan Al
R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the “supertall”: megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher and more ambitious than any in history. Cities around the world are racing to build the first mile-high building, stretching the limits of engineering and design as never before. In this fascinating work of urban history and design, TED resident Stefan Al—himself an experienced architect—explores the factors that have led to this worldwide boom. He reveals the marvellous and under-appreciated feats of engineering that make today’s supertalls a reality, from double-decker elevators that silently move up to 50 miles per hour to the sophisticated blend of polymers and steel fibres that enables concrete to withstand 8,000 tons of pressure per square meter. Taking readers behind the scenes of the building and design of remarkable megastructures, both from the past (the Empire State Building, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower) and the present (Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, London’s Shard, Shanghai Tower), Al demonstrates the impact of these innovations. Yet while the supertall is undoubtedly a testament to great technological victories, it can come at an environmental and social cost. Focusing on four global cities—London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore—Al examines the risks of wealth inequality, carbon emissions and contagion that stem from supertalls. And he uncovers the latest innovations in sustainable building, from skyscrapers made of wood to tree-covered buildings, that promise to yield a better urban future. Featuring more than thirty architectural drawings, Supertall is both a fascinating exploration of our greatest accomplishments and a powerful argument for a more equitable way forward.

Theater Planning - Facilities for Performing Arts and Live Entertainment (Hardcover): Gene Leitermann Theater Planning - Facilities for Performing Arts and Live Entertainment (Hardcover)
Gene Leitermann
R5,548 Discovery Miles 55 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book introduces the concepts of theater planning, and provides a detailed guide to the process and the technical requirements particular to theater buildings. Part I is a guide to the concepts and practices of architecture and construction, as applied to performing arts buildings. Part II is a guide to the design of performing arts buildings, with detailed descriptions of the unique requirements of these buildings. Each concept is illustrated with line drawings and examples from the author's extensive professional practice. This book is written for students in Theatre Planning courses, along with working practitioners.

Standards for Thermal Comfort - Indoor air temperature standards for the 21st century (Hardcover): M. Humphreys, F. Nicol, S.... Standards for Thermal Comfort - Indoor air temperature standards for the 21st century (Hardcover)
M. Humphreys, F. Nicol, S. Roaf, O. Sykes
R5,379 Discovery Miles 53 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Indoor Air Temperature Standards conference brought people together from 14 countries to discuss new approaches to the setting of standards in thermal comfort that are appropriate for all climates cultures. Currently accepted international standards tend to be inappropriate for many regions of the world. Designers are being pushed to use increasingly highly serviced buildings to achieve these standards to the detriment of local and global environments.

The User Perspective on Twenty-First-Century Art Museums (Paperback): Georgia Lindsay The User Perspective on Twenty-First-Century Art Museums (Paperback)
Georgia Lindsay
R1,682 Discovery Miles 16 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The User Perspective on Twenty-First Century Art Museums explains contemporary museums from the whole gamut of user experiences, whether users are preserving art, creating an exhibit, visiting, or part of institutions that use the architecture for branding. Fourteen museums from the United States, Europe, China, and Australia represent new construction, repurposed buildings, and additions, offering examples for most museum design situations. Each is examined using interviews with key stakeholders, photographs, and analyses of press coverage to identify lessons from the main user groups. User groups vary from project to project depending on conditions and context, so each of the four parts of the book features a summary of the users and issues in that section for quick reference. The book concludes with a practical, straightforward lessons-learned summary and a critical assessment of twenty-first-century museum architecture, programming, and expectations to help you embark on a new building design. Architects, architecture students, museum professionals, and aficionados of museum design will all find helpful insights in these lessons and critiques.

Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Life - Streets for Life (Hardcover): Elizabeth Burton, Lynn E Mitchell Inclusive Urban Design: Streets For Life - Streets for Life (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Burton, Lynn E Mitchell
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first book to address the design needs of older people in the outdoor environment. It provides information on design principles essential to built environment professionals who want to provide for all users of urban space and who wish to achieve sustainability in their designs. Part one examines the changing experiences of people in the outdoor environment as they age and discusses existing outdoor environments and the aspects and features that help or hinder older people from using and enjoying them. Part two presents the six design principles for 'streets for life' and their many individual components. Using photographs and line drawings, a range of design features are presented at all scales of the outdoor environment from street layouts and building form to signs and detail. Part three expands on the concept of 'streets for life' as the ultimate goal of inclusive urban design. These are outdoor environments that people are able to confidently understand, navigate and use, regardless of age or circumstance, and represent truly sustainable inclusive communities.

Architecture, Actor and Audience (Paperback): Iain Mackintosh Architecture, Actor and Audience (Paperback)
Iain Mackintosh
R1,348 Discovery Miles 13 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Understanding the theatre space on both the practical and theoretical level is becoming increasingly important to people working in drama, in whatever capacity. Theatre architecture is one of the most vital ingredients of the theatrical experience and one of the least discussed or understood.
In Architecture, Actor and Audience Mackintosh explores the contribution the design of a theatre can make to the theatrical experience, and examines the failings of many modern theatres which despite vigorous defence from the architectural establishment remain unpopular with both audiences and theatre people. A fascinating and provocative book.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203359011

Bocconi University in Milan - A Story in Images (Hardcover): Massimo Siragusa Bocconi University in Milan - A Story in Images (Hardcover)
Massimo Siragusa
R1,696 R1,321 Discovery Miles 13 210 Save R375 (22%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Founded in 1902 by entrepreneur and senator Ferdinando Bocconi, the university is the most important and renowned private university in Italy. Established in order to provide a high level of economic education for the new Italian ruling class, in the course of its history Bocconi has trained prime ministers, great entrepreneurs, and even celebrities from the digital world. This book shows the university s structures through expansive photography taken specifically for it by photographer Massimo Siragusa. The Bocconi buildings represent a fascinating compendium of modern and contemporary architecture, having been designed by some of the most important Italian architects of the twentieth century, such as Giuseppe Pagano, Giovanni Muzio, and Ignazio Gardella, as well as recent international archistars such as Shelley McNamara and the Japanese SANAA studio.

Recent Malaysian Architecture (Hardcover, Illustrated edition): Philip Goad, Lim Teng Ngiom Recent Malaysian Architecture (Hardcover, Illustrated edition)
Philip Goad, Lim Teng Ngiom; Photographs by Patrick Bingham-Hall
R835 Discovery Miles 8 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
From Mycenae to Constantinople - The Evolution of the Ancient City (Paperback): Richard A Tomlinson From Mycenae to Constantinople - The Evolution of the Ancient City (Paperback)
Richard A Tomlinson
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Tomlinson presents studies of selected ancient cities, ranging from the earliest development of urban architecture in Europe to the imperial cities of Rome and Constantinople. It gives an account of their architecture, not merely from the art historical point of view, but as an expression of the social organisation, and political systems employed by the people who lived in them.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203412907

Aging in the Designed Environment (Paperback): Margaret Christenson, Ellen D Taira Aging in the Designed Environment (Paperback)
Margaret Christenson, Ellen D Taira
R1,459 R1,020 Discovery Miles 10 200 Save R439 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Aging in the Designed Environment is the key sourcebook for physical and occupational therapists developing and implementing environmental designs for the aging. The physical environment remains one of the most overlooked areas in environmental design. In order to move beyond this status quo, persons responsible for planning elderly environments must develop a new understanding of ways in which their influence can improve the older adult's physical and mental functioning. Occupational and physical therapists, as well as other health care professionals, will benefit tremendously from the information presented in this unique volume. Designers, developers, and others with minimal health care background will also find a wealth of possibilities within Aging in the Designed Environment. Many concerns are dealt with in the book's five sections. The first section describes the implications that occur when there are changes in vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and the kinesthetic systems. Recommendations for environmental adaptation and modifications which may compensate for the changes in each of these systems are suggested. The second section stresses the relationship between behavior and environment. A variety of environmental attributes--comfort, privacy, accessibility, control, security, dignity--and their impacts are discussed, along with information on ways that attributes can be incorporated into the living settings of older people. In section three the focus is on the older person living independently in his or her own home, and section four covers exclusively the design and selection of chairs for older adults. New ways to assess and evaluate the home to promote independence beyond the traditional activities of daily living are addressed. The last section deals with redesigning the existing long-term care facility. The author examines some of the environmental conditions existing in specific facilities and provides recommendations to compensate for these circumstances.

Designing Coffee Shops and Cafes for Community (Paperback): Lisa Waxman Designing Coffee Shops and Cafes for Community (Paperback)
Lisa Waxman
R1,156 Discovery Miles 11 560 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Brings together research, theory and practical applications for designing coffee shops and cafes that serve as third places and enhance community connections Provides practical design guidelines, including location, accessibility, seating, lighting, sound and more Includes 8 case studies from across four different countries - Includes over 110 black and white images

Architecture of Great Expositions 1937-1959 - Messages of Peace, Images of War (Hardcover, New Ed): Rika Devos, Alexander... Architecture of Great Expositions 1937-1959 - Messages of Peace, Images of War (Hardcover, New Ed)
Rika Devos, Alexander Ortenberg
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates architecture as a form of diplomacy in the context of the Second World War at six major European international and national expositions that took place between 1937 and 1959. The volume gives a fascinating account of architecture assuming the role of the carrier of war-related messages, some of them camouflaged while others quite frank. The famous standoffs between the Stalinist Russia and the Nazi Germany in Paris 1937, or the juxtaposition of the USSR and USA pavilions in Brussels 1958, are examples of very explicit shows of force. The book also discusses some less known - and more subtle - messages, revealed through an examination of several additional pavilions in both Paris and Brussels; of a series of expositions in Moscow; of the Universal Exhibition in Rome that was planned to open in 1942; and of London's South Bank Exposition of 1951: all of them related, in one way or another, to either an anticipation of the global war or to its horrific aftermaths. A brief discussion of three pre-World War II American expositions that are reviewed in the Epilogue supports this point. It indicates a significant difference in the attitude of American exposition commissioners, who were less attuned to the looming war than their European counterparts. The book provides a novel assessment of modern architecture's involvement with national representation. Whether in the service of Fascist Italy or of Imperial Japan, of Republican Spain or of the post-war Franquista regime, of the French Popular Front or of socialist Yugoslavia, of the arising FRG or of capitalist USA, of Stalinist Russia or of post-colonial Britain, exposition architecture during the period in question was driven by a deep faith in its ability to represent ideology. The book argues that this widespread confidence in architecture's ability to act as a propaganda tool was one of the reasons why Modernist architecture lent itself to the service of such different masters.

Barbican Centre (Paperback): Harry Cory-Wright Barbican Centre (Paperback)
Harry Cory-Wright; Introduction by Nicholas Kenyon CBE
R395 R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Save R86 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Barbican Centre in the City of London is the largest multi-disciplinary arts centre in Europe. Designed by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon as part of the Barbican Estate and to provide homes for both the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Shakespeare Company, the building is internationally renowned not only as an example of radical, visionary architecture in the Modernist tradition, but also for its outstanding programme of more than 2,000 cultural events each year: plays, concerts, films, exhibitions and more. A new title in the Pocket Photo Books series of immersive visual guides to the experience of place, this compact album of more than one hundred photographs by Harry Cory Wright presents the dramatic spaces, rich textures and carefully selected materials of the Barbican Centre in all their detail. From the flowing, multi-level space of the foyer and the calm wooden-panelled concert hall to the surprising intimacy of the theatre and the soaring jungle of the conservatory, the Barbican Centre offers the visitor an extraordinary variety of experiences within a single building. This book captures their full range, providing exceptional insights into one of the most significant and exciting modern buildings in Britain and a thriving cultural hub in the heart of London.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire - War, Remembrance, and an American Tragedy (Paperback): Steven Trout The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire - War, Remembrance, and an American Tragedy (Paperback)
Steven Trout
R656 R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Save R111 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A great white angel spreading her wings across the Moreno Valley: this is how one visitor described the memorial standing atop a windswept prominence in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Taos, New Mexico. A de-facto national Vietnam veterans memorial, built by one family more than a decade before the Wall in Washington, DC, and without aid or recognition from the US government, the chapel at Angel Fire is a testament to one young American's sacrifice - but also to the profound determination of his family to find meaning in their loss. In The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire, Steven Trout tells the story of Marine Lieutenant David Westphall, who was killed near Con Thien on May 22, 1968, and of the Westphall family's subsequent struggle to create and maintain a one-of-a-kind memorial chapel dedicated to the memory of all Americans lost in the Vietnam War and to the cause of world peace. Focused primarily on a life lost amid our nation's most controversial conflict and on the Westphalls' desperate battle to keep their chapel open between 1971 and 1982, the book's brisk and moving narrative traces the memorial's evolution from a personal act of family remembrance to its emergence as an iconic pilgrimage destination for thousands of Vietnam veterans. Documenting the chapel's shifting messages over time, which include a momentary (and controversial) recognition of the dead on both sides of the war, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire spotlights one American soldier's tragic story and the monument to hope and peace that it inspired.

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