Main entry:

Ford, Larry, 1943-

Title & Author:

Cities and buildings : skyscrapers, skid rows, and suburbs / Larry R. Ford.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1994.

Description:

xiii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-296) and index.
Preface: Thinking about Cities; or, My World and Welcome to It -- Introduction: Merging the Traditions of Space and Place -- 1. Downtown Buildings: The Role of the Skyscraper in Shaping the American Central Business District -- 2. The Downtown Frame: Buildings in Transition -- 3. Places to Shop: Arcades, Bazaars, and Festival Centers -- 4. The American Single-Family House -- 5. Multiunit Housing and City Structure -- 6. Drive-in Dreams: Decades of Design on the American Commercial Strip -- 7. Architectural Innovations at Home and Abroad: Some Speculations on Future Trends.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0801846463 (hc ; acid-free paper)
9780801846465 (hc ; acid-free paper)
0801846471 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780801846472 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Architecture United States.
City planning United States.
Skyscrapers United States.
Housing, Single family United States.
Architecture and society United States.
Shopping centers United States.
Architecture États-Unis.
Urbanisme États-Unis.
Gratte-ciel États-Unis.
Centres-villes États-Unis.
Maisons individuelles États-Unis.
Architecture et société États-Unis.
Centres commerciaux États-Unis.
Immeubles d'habitation États-Unis.
Immeubles à usages multiples.
Skyscrapers
Shopping centers
Housing, Single family
Architecture and society
Architecture
City planning
Städtebau
Stadsplanning.
Bouwkunst.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Arquitetura (estados unidos)
United States
USA
Cities Structure planning

Added entries:

Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 104499
Call No.: ID NA705.F67; ID:94-B1991
Status: Available