America has always presented a unique challenge to architects: should they emulate the Old World or respond to the demands of the New? Professor Hand in tells the complex story with lucidity and insight. Almost from its seventeenth-century beginnings, American architecture was subject to two apparently contradictory processes: the practical and the grandiose. The first comes through in the vernacular buildings of rural America, Bulfinch's fine civic buildings, and the domestic tradition that lies behind the houses of the Greene Brothers and Frank Lloyd Wright. The second is seen in the unprecedented daring of the Chicago school; in the majestic state capitals and public buildings by firms such as McKim, Mead &White; in the luxury of Fifth Avenue apartments; and in the exuberance of commercial Manhattan. Corner is creased. Lamination peeling on cover. Considerable shelf wear.

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Title

American Architecture

Publisher

Thames & Hudson September 1985

Publication Date

1985

Language

English

ISBN 10

0500202001

ISBN 13

9780500202005

Binding

Trade Paperback

Condition

Used - Good

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Traces the history of U.S. architecture, looks at public buildings, offices, and homes, and discusses influential movements and architects

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David P. Handlin is now president and founding partner of Handlin, Garrahan, Zachos and Associates, Inc., an architecture firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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