American Ski Resort: Architecture, Style, Experience

by Margaret Supplee Smith

One of America's most popular sports, skiing is all about freedom. Skiers enjoy the thrill of adventure, an escape from city life, and a close encounter with nature at its most rugged and majestic. And yet, paradoxically, the experience of skiing for most Americans is inextricably linked to architecture, for our journey down the mountainside is shaped by the ski resort. In this magnificent book, architectural historian Margaret Supplee Smith traces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806142952
• ISBN13: 9780806142951
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 13.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 10.2" x 11.3"