Author: WISEMAN, CARTER
Title: Shaping a nation : twentieth-century American architecture and its makers
Description: New York : Norton 1998. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Physical description; 412 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; This is a narrative history of the major figures. influential movements and landmark buildings which have defined American architecture in the 20th century. It focuses mainly on great architecture. and addresses both artistic and practical issues such as architectural preservation and financial constraints. The author discusses the triumph of modernism. the growth of architectural preservation. the eclipse of the the practical arts by money. theory and abstraction. and the uncertain future of architecture in a country which celebrates both individualism and community. Subjects; Architecture - United States - History - 20th century. Architects - United States - History - 20th century. Architecture - United States. Architecture - 20th century - United States. Architecture. Modern - 20th century - United States. Architecture - United States - 20th century. Architects - United States. Architecture - U.S.A. - 20th century. Architecture ; Cultural studies. History of art & design styles: from (c 1900 -). 20th century ; USA. Architecture / History / General. Architecture. Modern ; 20th century ; United States ; Architecture ; History ; Architects. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0393045641. Weight in Kg appr.:

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