Some places are intentionally cut-off from the continuum of the landscape, becoming discrete, inward looking worlds in themselves. Radioactive sites, for example, have to be disconnected from their surroundings for obvious reasons, and must remain that way for millennia. Military training areas too can function as self-contained cities or stylized enemy nations. This thematic program area examines the sites, landforms, and architectures of such isolate zones.

THE NEVADA TEST SITE: A GUIDE TO AMERICA'S NUCLEAR PROVING GROUND

THE NELLIS RANGE COMPLEX: LANDSCAPE OF CONJECTURE

THE NELLIS RANGE: A TOUR OF THE LANDSCAPE OF CONJECTURE

INDEPENDENT INTERPRETER WALTER COTTEN