American architecture / David P. Handlin.

Author/creator Handlin, David P.
Format Book
EditionRev. and expanded ed.
Publication InfoLondon : Thames & Hudson, 2004.
Description304 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Subjects

SeriesWorld of art
World of art. ^A222346
Contents 1. The Unbuilt Spire: The Architecture of the American Colonies -- 2. Temples in Arcadia: The Architecture of the New Republic -- 3. Beauty and the Industrial Beast: Architecture for a Culture of Commerce -- 4. Toward New Types: Romanesque for an Industrial Society -- 5. The Cause Conservative: The Architecture of the American Renaissance -- 6. The Lost Momentum: The Architecture of the 1920s -- 7. The International Style and Beyond: The Architecture of the New Deal -- 8. From Less Is More to Less Is a Bore: The Architecture of Postwar America -- 9. Looking Backward and Forward.
Abstract "This book is chronological in approach, from seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the twenty-first century; wide-ranging and comprehensive coverage, from the innovations of Jefferson and Bullfinch's civic buildings, to Wright, Sullivan and McKim, Mead & White, to work by today's architects including Stern, Meier, Gehry and Mockbee; revised and expanded to include a lively account of recent developments - virtual architecture, the revival of historical styles, the thirst for striking originality and a new interest in the local; and profusely illustrated with 264 photographs, drawings and plans."--Jacket.
General notePrevious ed.: 1985.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003102189
ISBN0500203733 (pbk.)
ISBN9780500203736 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks NA7207 .H32 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold