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American architecture / David P. Handlin.

By: Series: World of art | The World of art libraryPublication details: London : Thames and Hudson, c1985.Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780500202005
  • 0500202001
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Contents:
The unbuilt spire: The architecture of the American colonies -- Temples in Arcadia: The architecture of the new republic -- Beauty and the industrial beast: Architecture for a culture of commerce -- Toward new types: Romanesque for an industrial society -- The cause conservative: The architecture of the American renaissance -- The lost momentum: The architecture of the 1920s -- The International Style and beyond: The architecture of the New Deal -- From less is more to less is a bore: The architecture of postwar America -- Looking forward to looking backward -- Bibliography -- Photographic acknowledgments -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index.

The unbuilt spire: The architecture of the American colonies -- Temples in Arcadia: The architecture of the new republic -- Beauty and the industrial beast: Architecture for a culture of commerce -- Toward new types: Romanesque for an industrial society -- The cause conservative: The architecture of the American renaissance -- The lost momentum: The architecture of the 1920s -- The International Style and beyond: The architecture of the New Deal -- From less is more to less is a bore: The architecture of postwar America -- Looking forward to looking backward -- Bibliography -- Photographic acknowledgments -- Index.