American Architecture of the Twentieth Century
Author: Oliver Reagan
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American Architecture
Author: Paul Heyer
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwentieth-century American Architecture
Author: Carter Wiseman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780393320541
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes landmark buildings that shaped the American 20th century and brings to life architects of the period and the major architectural movements. Discusses the rise of modernism, the growth of historic preservation, the financial aspects of building, and the struggle in design between individualism and community. Includes bandw photos of buildings. Wiseman was architectural critic for New York magazine from 1980 to 1996. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture
Author: R. Stephen Sennott
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9781579584337
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A balance of sophistication and clarity in the writing, authoritative entries, and strong cross-referencing that links archtects and structures to entries on the history and theory of the profession make this an especially useful source on a century of the world's most notable architecture. The contents feature major architects, firms, and professional issues; buildings, styles, and sites; the architecture of cities and countries; critics and historians; construction, materials, and planning topics; schools, movements, and stylistic and theoretical terms. Entries include well-selected bibliographies and illustrations."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
Planning the Twentieth-century American City
Author: Mary Corbin Sies
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 1226
ISBN-13: 9780801851643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArguing that planning in practice is far more complicated than historians usually depict, the authors examine closely the everyday social, political, economic, ideological, bureaucratic, and environmental contexts in which planning has occurred. In so doing, they redefine the nature of planning practice, expanding the range of actors and actions that we understand to have shaped urban development.
Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture
Author: Anat Geva
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-08
Total Pages: 667
ISBN-13: 1351665332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMid-20th century sacred architecture in America sought to bridge modernism with religion by abstracting cultural and faith traditions and pushing the envelope in the design of houses of worship. Modern architects embraced the challenges of creating sacred spaces that incorporated liturgical changes, evolving congregations, modern architecture, and innovations in building technology. The book describes the unique context and design aspects of the departure from historicism, and the renewal of heritage and traditions with ground-breaking structural features, deliberate optical effects and modern aesthetics. The contributions, from a pre-eminent group of scholars and practitioners from the US, Australia, and Europe are based on original archival research, historical documents, and field visits to the buildings discussed. Investigating how the authority of the divine was communicated through new forms of architectural design, these examinations map the materiality of liturgical change and communal worship during the mid-20th century.
Behind the Postmodern Facade
Author: Magali Sarfatti Larson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780520201613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMagali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects--from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new "deconstructionist" style--she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history. Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects--from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new "deconstructionist" style--she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history.
American Masterworks
Author: Kenneth Frampton
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780789306715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the 1920s, for example, Frank Lloyd Wright recovered the now-ubiquitous concrete block from what he termed the "architectural gutter," using it in several remarkable homes in Southern California, among them the Storer House in Hollywood of 1923.".
American Arch Masterpieces
Author: George E. Thomas
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 392
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20th-Century World Architecture
Author: Editors of Phaidon
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 2012-10-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780714857060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlobal investigation of 20th-century architecture, 750+ masterpieces richly illustrated.
