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| Author | : Keith Eggener |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 476 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780415306959 |
This book presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times.
| Author | : Mark Gelernter |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780719047275 |
Why did the colonial Americans give over a significant part of their homes to a grand staircase? Why did the Victorians drape their buildings ornate decoration? And why did American buildings grow so tall in the last decades of the 19th century. This book explores the history of American architecture from prehistoric times to the present, explaining why characteristic architectural forms arose at particular times and in particular places.
| Author | : Dell Upton |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780192842176 |
From Native American sites in New Mexico and Arizona to the ancient earthworks of the Mississippi Valley to the most fashionable contemporary buildings of Chicago and New York, American architecture is incredibly varied. In this revolutionary interpretation, Upton examines American architecture in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. 109 illustrations. 40 linecuts. Map.
| Author | : Leland M. Roth |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 436 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
Explores the factors and influences that have enriched American architecture throughout its development from colonial times to the present, covering houses, apartments, factories, and office buildings and the architects who designed them.
| Author | : John J. G. Blumenson |
| Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780761991434 |
Have you ever been intrigued by a beautiful building and wondered when it was built? Identifying American Architecture provides the answer to such questions in a concise handbook perfect for preservationists, architects, students, and tourists alike. With 214 photographs, it allows readers to associate real buildings with architectural styles, elements, and orders. Identifying American Architecture was designed to be used--carried about and kept handy for frequent reference. Every photograph is keyed to an explanatory legend pointing out characteristic features of each building's style. Trade bookstores order from W.W. Norton, NY
| Author | : Bainbridge Bunting |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780674372917 |
This history of Harvard's architecture examines the Federal architecture of Charles Bulfinch, H.H. Richardson's Romanesque buildings, the Imperial manner reflected in Widener Library, and the work of other architects such as Charles McKim, Gropius and Le Corbusier.
| Author | : George Everard Kidder Smith |
| Publisher | : Princeton Architectural Press |
| Total Pages | : 696 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9781568980256 |
This survey provides a unique overview of 1,000-years of architectural development.
| Author | : Roxanne Williamson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 1973 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
The creation of Austin, Texas, a yearning for style. Austin in the early 1800 to 1971. Some buildings and homes are still standing, but others destroyed for progress.
| Author | : Mardges Bacon |
| Publisher | : MIT Press (MA) |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
This study of one of the most innovative practitioners of the Beaux-Arts movement in America covers Flagg's early training and Beaux-Arts works, his town and country houses, his commercial and utilitarian buildings, the Singer Tower, urban housing reform, and his small houses of modular design.
| Author | : David Gebhard |
| Publisher | : Whitney Library of Design |
| Total Pages | : 314 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
Based on an exhibit opening in 1977 at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and entitled: 200 years of American architectural drawing.
