American architecture / David P. Handlin.

Main entry:

Handlin, David P.

Title & Author:

American architecture / David P. Handlin.

Publication:

Description:

288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Series:

World of Art

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index.
The unbuilt spire: The architecture of the American colonies -- Temples in Arcadia: The architecture of the new republic -- Beauty and the industrial beast: Architecture for a culture of commerce -- Toward new types: Romanesque for an industrial society -- The cause conservative: The architecture of the American renaissance -- The lost momentum: The architecture of the 1920s -- The International Style and beyond: The architecture of the New Deal -- From less is more to less is a bore: The architecture of postwar America -- Looking forward to looking backward -- Bibliography -- Photographic acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary:

One more official history of official architecture.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0500202001 (pbk.)
9780500202005 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture United States.
Architecture United States History.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire.
Architecture États-Unis.
Architecture
United States
United States Architecture, to 1978

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

World of art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 124820
Call No.: ID:85-B21506
Status: Available

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