Roots of contemporary American architecture : a series of thirty-seven essays dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present / collected and edited by Lewis Munford.

Title & Author:

Roots of contemporary American architecture : a series of thirty-seven essays dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present / collected and edited by Lewis Munford.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, [1972]

Description:

xviii, 452 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Series:

Dover books on architecture

Notes:
"An unabridged republication of the second (1959) edition ... The biographical sketches have been updated especially for this edition, and the illustrations appear for the first time."
Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 419-452).
Backward glance -- Sources of form -- Roots in the region -- The role of the machine -- Integration in Chicago -- Client, architect and house -- Social responsibilities -- The search for the Universal.
Also issued online.
English.

ISBN:

0486220729
9780486220727

Subject:

Architecture United States History 19th century.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture United States.
Architecture États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architecture États-Unis 19e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis 20e siècle.
United States
Geschichte 1850-1950

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990, compiler, editor.
Dover books on architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35613
Call No.: ID:88-B6895
Status: Available

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