A Concise History Of American Architecture (Icon Editions) (Paperback)

by Leland Roth (Author) "Shaping the environment for utilitarian or symbolic ends is architecture in its broadest sense..." (more)
Key Phrases: creative eclecticism, helical ramp, saucer dome, New York, United States, Rhode Island (more...)

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"A good, solid work which deserves to become a standard text." --Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
"The fresh approach and fluent style give the book a welcome new slant on the subject." --Library Journal

About the Author

Leland M. Roth is Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oregon at Eugene. He is the author of American Architecture: A History; A Concise History of American Architecture; McKim, Mead & White, Architects; and other works. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.

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Product Details Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: Harper & Row (September 24, 1980) Language: English ISBN-10: 0064300862 ISBN-13: 978-0064300865 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #334,856 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Shaping the environment for utilitarian or symbolic ends is architecture in its broadest sense. Read the first page

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creative eclecticism, helical ramp, saucer dome, utility core, vertical piers, park strip, spandrel panels, corner piers, banking room

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New York, United States, Rhode Island, New England, San Francisco, Greek Revival, Frank Lloyd Wright, Los Angeles, New Haven, New Jersey, Tribune Tower, Shingle Style, Trinity Church, New Mexico, Llewellyn Park, Civil War, International Style, New World, Yale University, Albert Kahn, Alexander Jackson Davis, Columbian Exposition, Frederick Law Olmsted, Guggenheim Museum, Henry Hobson Richardson

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This book cites 100 books:

• The International Style by Henry Russell Hitchcock on 4 pages
• National Architect (Da Capo Press Series in Architecture and Decorative Art) by George E. Woodward on page 150, and page 151
• New Mexico (America the Beautiful) by R. Conrad Stein on page 223, and page 266
• Book of Architecture by Sebastiano Serlio on page 29, and page 41
• Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham on page 218, and page 219

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48 books cite this book:

• An Everyday Modernism: The Houses of William Wurster by Marc Treib on page 167, page 180, and Back Matter
• Books and Blueprints: Building America's Public Libraries (Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science) by Donald E. Oehlerts on page 56, page 128, and Back Matter
• The Company Town: Architecture and Society in the Early Industrial Age by John Garner on page 202, and Back Matter
• William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha (California Studies in the History of Art) by Thomas S. Hines in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
• A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context by Mark Gelernter in Front Matter, and Back Matter

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Harper & Row (September 24, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064300862
• ISBN-13: 978-0064300865
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #334,856 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Survey of American Architecture, June 13, 2000

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Allthought not the best book ever written on American Architecture (Learning from Las Vegas, etc), it does provide a good overview of the evolution of architecture in America from the functionality of house forms in the early colonial times to asthetic forms of the 20th century. The book focuses on the regional influences which dictated the building forms of the early periods from materials to climate, which are often overlooked in broader surveys. Much has been written about the Segrams building in other books, but this book will give you a better understanding of why houses in the South are brick with external chimneys and New England houses are clapboard with internal chimneys.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic text, August 4, 2006

By	Addy Mung (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

I was amazed at how well this classic treatise on architecture has held up over more than 25 years. It's a thoroughly engaging history of architecture with something to please anyone interested in building and design.