The Architecture of the United States, GE Kidder Smith's 1981 three-volume masterwork, was hailed as the most comprehensive and insightful overview of the architectural heritage of this country. Princeton Architectural Press is proud to introduce an updated version of this extraordinary resource-long out of print-in a single volume, the Source Book of American Architecture. No similar encyclopedia of American architecture exists. Kidder Smith examines our nation's architecture from its earliest days to the present, ranging from cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde to Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House in Chicago to James Ingo Freed's Holocaust Museum in Washington. This critical, chronological survey of 500 of America's most distinguished buildings provides a unique overview of the thousand-year architectural development of the United States. Indispensable in the library, it also serves as a splendid guide for the tourist.
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This encyclopedic guide to 500 of the most important architectural works in the United States examines 1,000 years of architectural evolution in America. The author personally traveled throughout all 50 states photographing over 2,000 architecturally significant structures in order to compile this unique volume. Arranged chronologically, this guide offers readers a historically continuous survey, from mysterious 11th-century Anasazi cliff dwellings to Pei Cobb Freed & Partners' Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. While there are some great buildings that are not included, there are also some great surprises, like Frank Gehry's Weisman Art Museum and the Denver International Airport. Each entry includes the name of the building, address, and architect, as well as a succinct, informative commentary, which often offers anecdotes about the buildings that ultimately help to humanize the structures.
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Beautifully laid out and eloquently written....Overall the material is wide-ranging, resulting in a great pictorial account of American culture.
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Pueblo Bonito represents the meridian of Native American architectural achievement in what is now the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
village bandstand, roundheaded windows, open during performances, river cruise tour, free tours given, more information call, general information call, banking floor, roofless church, vertical louvers, acoustic consultants, academical village, associate architects, skyscraper design Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New Year's Day, Frank Lloyd Wright, San Francisco, Civil War, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Eero Saarinen, North Carolina, New Mexico, Philip Johnson, South Carolina, Los Angeles, National Register of Historic Places, Native Americans, Robert Mills, Oxford University Press, American Institute of Architects, George Washington, Mount Vernon, New Haven, Louis Sullivan, Thomas Jefferson, World War, Peter Harrison New!
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Pueblo Bonito represents the meridian of Native American architectural achievement in what is now the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
village bandstand, roundheaded windows, open during performances, river cruise tour, free tours given, more information call, general information call, banking floor, roofless church, vertical louvers, acoustic consultants, academical village, associate architects, skyscraper design Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New Year's Day, Frank Lloyd Wright, San Francisco, Civil War, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Eero Saarinen, North Carolina, New Mexico, Philip Johnson, South Carolina, Los Angeles, National Register of Historic Places, Native Americans, Robert Mills, Oxford University Press, American Institute of Architects, George Washington, Mount Vernon, New Haven, Louis Sullivan, Thomas Jefferson, World War, Peter Harrison New!
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- Early American Architecture: From the First Colonial Settlements to the National Period (Dover Architecture) by Hugh Morrison on 6 pages
- Greek Revival Architecture in America by Talbot Hamlin on 4 pages
- The Architecture of the United States: The New England and the Mid-Atlantic States by G. Kidder Smith in Copyright, Back Matter, and Back Cover
- Five California Architects by Esther McCoy on page 337, and Back Matter
- Public Buildings of Williamsburg by Whiffen M on page 56, and page 58
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- A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context by Mark Gelernter in Back Matter
- Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America by Tom Vanderbilt in Back Matter
- Materials, Structures, and Standards: All the Details Architects Need to Know But Can Never Find by Julia McMorrough in Back Matter
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