America Builds
Source Documents in American Architecture and Planning
1st Edition
Published on 30. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
676 pages
978-0-367-15261-1 (ISBN)
Description
Architecture requires a broad definition. It involves more than simply questions of style, esoteric theory, or technical progress; it is the physical record of a culture's relationship to its technology and the land, and, most important, of the system of values concerning men's relationships with one another. Hence this volume, like my Concise Hist
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
1020 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-15261-1 (9780367152611)
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Person
Leland M. Roth is Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History Emeritus at the University of Oregon at Eugene. Dr. Roth is the author of Understanding Architecture (Westview Press, 2013), McKim, Mead & White, Architects (Harper & Row, 1983), America Builds (Harper & Row, 1983), A Concise History of American Architecture (Harper & Row, 1979), and other works.
Content
I. THE LAND AND FIRST HOMES. II. TRANSPLANTATIONS IN THE NEW WORLD, III. BUILDING A NEW NATION, IV. THE LURE OF THE PAST, THE PROMISE OF THE FUTURE, V. AGE OF ENTERPRISE, VI. THE SE ARCH FOR ORDER, VII. DICHOTOMY: TR ADITION AND AVANT-GARDE, VIII. PURE FUNCTION, PURE FORM, EPILOGUE: WHERE ARE WE AT?