USA / Gwendolyn Wright.

Main entry:

Wright, Gwendolyn.

Title & Author:

USA / Gwendolyn Wright.

Publication:

London : Reaktion, 2008.

Description:

320 pages : illustrations, plans ; 22 cm

Series:

Modern architectures in history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-304) and index.
Modern consolidation, 1865-1893 -- Progressive architectures, 1894-1918 -- Electric modernities, 1919-1932 -- Architecture, the public and the state, 1933-1945 -- The triumph of modernism, 1946-1964 -- Challenging orthodoxies, 1965-1984 -- Disjunctures and alternatives, 1985 to the present -- Epilogue.

Summary:

Since the turn of the 20th century, American architecture has epitomised modernity. In this book, the author overturns conventional accounts of the Modern Movement in America as having been brought from Europe via emigres and exhibitions, and instead maintains that American architecture is an exciting and evolving hybrid of distinctive ambitions, sensibilities, and cultures.

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ISBN:

9781861893444 (pbk.)
1861893442 (pbk.)

Subject:

Modern movement (Architecture) United States.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architektur
United States.
USA
Geschichte 1865-2008

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Modern architectures in history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255305
Call No.: BIB 185467
Status: Available

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