{"product_id":"architecture-on-ice-9780228031994","title":"Architecture on Ice","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite the legendary reputations of Madison Square Garden, Maple Leaf Gardens, and the Montreal Forum, skating rinks and hockey arenas may be North America’s most overlooked cultural buildings. \u003ci\u003eArchitecture on Ice \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the central role they have played in influencing urban, social, and political life across the continent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first book to chart the development of skating rinks and arenas from their origins as simple wooden sheds to today’s fully wired, multi-purpose entertainment complexes, Howard Shubert examines how these buildings have been adapted to seasonal change and to a multitude of uses besides skating – from political rallies to rock concerts – and how these adaptations, in turn, have transformed skating, curling, and hockey. Revealing the ways in which arenas are sites where sport, culture, and commerce intersect, \u003ci\u003eArchitecture on Ice\u003c\/i\u003e describes four distinct phases in the development of these buildings: the early rinks and arenas of the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, the Golden Era of 1920–31, the building boom in postwar arenas from 1960 to 1983, and the postmodern hockey complexes built between 1990 and 2010.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLavishly illustrated with surprising, amusing, and previously unpublished images, \u003ci\u003eArchitecture on Ice\u003c\/i\u003e explains how the construction of buildings engineered the way recreational activities are performed and experienced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Howard Shubert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68296976040187,"sku":"9780228031994","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_f75e1f9f-8b53-48ec-86a0-5beecfe02954.jpg?v=1791663977","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/architecture-on-ice-9780228031994","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}