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Twentieth-Century American Architecture

Carter Wiseman

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  • 370 sidor
  • 2000
Carter Wiseman presents an original, readable, and literate overview of the major figures, influential movements, and landmark buildings that have defined American architecture over the past hundred years. In a survey that is "as goodas anyone is likely to writeaccurate in its facts, wise and fair in its judgments" (New York Times Book Review), he focuses to a large extent on architecture's makersthe commanding figures who by force of personality and sheer artistic ability indelibly influenced its progress: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, I. M. Pei, Robert Venturi, Louis Kahn, Frank Gehry. The triumph of modernism; the growth of architectural preservation; the eclipse of the practical arts by money, theory, and abstraction; and the uncertain future of architecture in a country that celebrates both individualism and community are just some of the issues addressed in this highly praised work. Originally published in hardcover under the title Shaping a Nation.
  • Författare: Carter Wiseman
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780393320541
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 370
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2000-09-01
  • Förlag: WW Norton & Co