Title & Author:

Built in the U.S.A. : American buildings from airports to zoos / edited by Diane Maddex (National Trust for Historic Preservation).

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press, ©1985.

Description:

189 pages : illustrations ; 26 x 11 cm.

Series:

Building watchers series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-187).
Airports / Martin Greif -- Amusement parks and fairs / Frederick and Mary Fried -- Apartment buildings / John Hancock -- Banks / S. Allen Chambers, Jr. -- Barns / Thomas C. Hubka -- Black settlements / Everett L. and La Barbara Wigfall Fly -- Breweries / Dianne Newell -- Bridges / Donald C. Jackson -- Capitols / William Seale -- City halls / William L. Lebovich -- Colleges and universities / Thomas J. Schlereth -- Communal societies / Donald E. Pitzer -- Courthouses / Paul Goeldner -- Diners / Richard J.S. Gutman -- Drive-ins / David Gebhard -- Ducks and decorated sheds / Steven Izenour -- Estates / William C. Shopsin -- Farms / William H. Tishler -- Fences / John Fraser Hart -- Firehouses / Rebecca Zurier -- Forts / Willard B. Robinson -- Gas stations / Daniel I. Vieyra -- Hospitals / John D. Thompson -- Houses / Charles W. Moore -- Indian settlements / Bob Easton -- Industrial structures / Robert M. Vogel -- Libraries / George S. Bobinski -- Lighthouses / F. Ross Holland, Jr. -- Main streets / Richard Longstreth -- Markets / Padraic Burke -- Prisons / Robert B. MacKay -- Railroad stations / Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. -- Ranches / Alvin G. Davis -- Religious architecture / Phoebe Stanton -- Resort hotels / Jeffrey W. Limerick -- Row houses / Charles Lockwood -- Schoolhouses / Fred E.H. Schroeder -- Skyscrapers / Ada Louise Huxtable -- Suburbs / Gwendolyn Wright -- Theaters and movie houses / Craig Morrison -- Vernacular buildings / Dell Upton -- Zoos / R.L. Blakely.

Summary:

This book details the reasons why buildings in the U.S. are built the way they are. For the first time, 42 distinctive building types are brought together to provide a unique history of American architecture. The book presents nearly 400 illustrations for essays contributed by leading authorities on everything from barns to banks. Among them are Ada Louise Huxtable on skyscrapers, Charles Moore on houses, David Gebhard on drive-ins, Steven Izenour on ducks, Charles Lockwood on row houses, William Seale on state capitols and Gwendolyn Wright on suburbs. ISBN 0-89133-118-2: $9.95 (For use only in the library).

ISBN:

0891331182 (pbk.)
9780891331186 (pbk.)
0471145009
9780471145004

Subject:

Architecture United States.
Architecture États-Unis.
Architecture
Architektur
Geschichte
Inventar
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Inventar.

Added entries:

Maddex, Diane.
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.
Built in the USA.
Building watchers series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 103477
Call No.: ID:86-B2062
Status: Available