In search of modern architecture : a tribute to Henry-Russell Hitchcock / edited by Helen Searing.

Title & Author:

In search of modern architecture : a tribute to Henry-Russell Hitchcock / edited by Helen Searing.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 368 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm.

Series:

Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press series ; v. 6

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This tribute contains 18 papers on Henry-Russell Hitchcock and his lasting influence on architects practicing during the last decades, as well as on the critics and historians who have been following and at times leading the architects. They are arranged chronologically in three main areas of Hitchcock's interest: "The Age of Romanticism -- Rationalism, Revivalism and Eclecticism 1740-1900"; "American Architecture to 1900: Romanticism and Reintegration"; and "Twentieth Century Architecture -- The New Tradition and the New Pioneers."

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0262192098
9780262192095

Subject:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987.
Hitchcock, Henry Russell, 1903-
Hitchcock, Henry Russell 1903-1987
Hitchcock, Henry Russell.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture moderne.
Architektur
Aufsatzsammlung
Bouwkunst.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Festschriften.

Added entries:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987.
Searing, Helen, editor.
Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press series ; v. 6.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 186239
Call No.: NA500.I5 (ID:87-B3704)
Status: Available

Location: Library main 186240
Call No.: NA500.I5 (ID:87-B3704)
Status: Available

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