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Synopsis
An authoritative and richly illustrated narrative history of the buildings that shaped the American century and the architects who gave them form.
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Describes 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 b&w photos of buildings. Wiseman was architectural critic for magazine from 1980 to 1996. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Editorials
Booknews
Describes 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 b&w photos of buildings. Wiseman was architectural critic for magazine from 1980 to 1996. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)TwentiethCentury American Architecture: The Buildings And Their Makers surveys the major figures, influential movements, and landmark buildings that have identified and defined the American architecture over the past century. Carter Wiseman's informative text is enhanced with photographs as he focuses on the architects whose personalities and abilities indelibly influenced architectural progress. These figures range from Louis Sullivan Frank Lloyd Wright, and Philip Johnson, to I.M. Pei, Robert Venturi, and Louis Kahan. TwentiethCentury American Architecture is an impressive, authoritative, narrative history that is "must" reading for students of architecture, and highly recommended, accessible reading for the nonspecialist general reader with an interest in the development of American architectural trends and the men behind them.
Miller
An acute, useful and immensely readable book.—Times Literary Supplement