Twentieth-Century American Architecture: The Buildings and Their Makers
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Carter Wiseman presents an original, readable, and literate overview of the major figures, influential movements, and landmark buildings that have defined American architecture over the past hundred years. In a survey that is "as good...as anyone is likely to write...accurate in its facts, wise and fair in its judgments" (New York Times Book Review), he focuses to a large extent on architecture's makers--the commanding figures who by force of personality and sheer artistic ability indelibly influenced its progress: Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, I. M. Pei, Robert Venturi, Louis Kahn, Frank Gehry. The triumph of modernism; the growth of architectural preservation; the eclipse of the practical arts by money, theory, and abstraction; and the uncertain future of architecture in a country that celebrates both individualism and community are just some of the issues addressed in this highly praised work. Originally published in hardcover under the title Shaping a Nation.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393320545
ISBN13:9780393320541
Release Date:September 2000
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:370 Pages
Weight:1.82 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"
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