American Buildings and Their Architects

American Buildings and Their Architects
Author: William H. Jordy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1972
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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This book forms part of a four-volume work which provides an architectural analysis and evaluation of American buildings from colonial times to about 1960. Volumes 4 and 5 concentrate on buildings in the late 19th century to the 1960s.

Source Book of American Architecture

Source Book of American Architecture
Author: George Everard Kidder Smith
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 696
Release: 1996
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781568980256

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This survey provides a unique overview of 1,000-years of architectural development.

A History of American Architecture

A History of American Architecture
Author: Mark Gelernter
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780719047275

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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.

Sullivans City

Sullivans City
Author: David Van Zanten
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2000-07-04
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393730388

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Finally, the brilliant pencil execution of ornament in his old age became a surrogate for the great architectural projects realized earlier." "David Van Zanten's essay on how Sullivan's ornament shaped the city is illuminated by archival views and new color photographs by architectural photographer Cervin Robinson."--BOOK JACKET.