Walt Disney's EPCOT Center : Creating the New World of Tomorrow /
This book is dedicated to, and inspired by, Walt Disney's vision of a world where human freedom, enterprise, and imagination combine to create an international community of people and ideas, fact and future, probable and possible, challenge and choice. Walt Disney's Epcot chronicles a twen...
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| description | This book is dedicated to, and inspired by, Walt Disney's vision of a world where human freedom, enterprise, and imagination combine to create an international community of people and ideas, fact and future, probable and possible, challenge and choice. Walt Disney's Epcot chronicles a twenty-year dream, now come true through the unique blending of Disney talents-artist and designer, engineer and technician-with hundreds of advisors and consultants and thousands of construction workers. All have invested their abilitiesand more than 25 million hours from dream to reality-in Walt Disney's concept. May Epcot forever be a source of joy, inspiration, hope and new knowledge to those who come here from across America and around the world. |
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:5575582022-04-12T01:32:15ZWalt Disney's EPCOT Center : Creating the New World of Tomorrow / Beard, Richard R Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 563756 textNew York : Harry N. Abrams,[1982]©1982engThis book is dedicated to, and inspired by, Walt Disney's vision of a world where human freedom, enterprise, and imagination combine to create an international community of people and ideas, fact and future, probable and possible, challenge and choice. Walt Disney's Epcot chronicles a twenty-year dream, now come true through the unique blending of Disney talents-artist and designer, engineer and technician-with hundreds of advisors and consultants and thousands of construction workers. All have invested their abilitiesand more than 25 million hours from dream to reality-in Walt Disney's concept. May Epcot forever be a source of joy, inspiration, hope and new knowledge to those who come here from across America and around the world.Beard tells the story behind the research, design and building of the now open Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow in Florida's Walt Disney World. He covers the original inspiration behind the project as it developed in Walt Disney's mind and shows how Disney employees combined fantasy with science and technology to make these ideas a reality. The illustrations -- primarily artist's renderings, models and a few photographs of buildings in progress -- give a better idea of what the designers have envisioned rather than what actually will exist.Future world -- Spaceship earth -- Universe of energy -- Horizons -- World of motion -- Journey into Imagination -- The land -- The living seas -- Communicore -- World Showcase -- The American adventure -- Canada -- France -- Germany -- Japan -- Italy -- China -- United Kingdom -- Africa -- Mexico.This book is dedicated to, and inspired by, Walt Disney's vision of a world where human freedom, enterprise, and imagination combine to create an international community of people and ideas, fact and future, probable and possible, challenge and choice. Walt Disney's Epcot chronicles a twenty-year dream, now come true through the unique blending of Disney talents-artist and designer, engineer and technician-with hundreds of advisors and consultants and thousands of construction workers. All have invested their abilitiesand more than 25 million hours from dream to reality-in Walt Disney's concept. May Epcot forever be a source of joy, inspiration, hope and new knowledge to those who come here from across America and around the world.Beard tells the story behind the research, design and building of the now open Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow in Florida's Walt Disney World. He covers the original inspiration behind the project as it developed in Walt Disney's mind and shows how Disney employees combined fantasy with science and technology to make these ideas a reality. The illustrations -- primarily artist's renderings, models and a few photographs of buildings in progress -- give a better idea of what the designers have envisioned rather than what actually will exist.A. Karim Akitek;PSZ_JBArt and DesignURN:ISBN:0810908212 |
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