American masterworks : houses of the 20th and 21st centuries
Title:
American masterworks : houses of the 20th and 21st centuries
Author:
Frampton, Kenneth, author.
ISBN:
9780847831463
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Edition:
Rev. ed.
Physical Description:
383 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Contents:
The modern American house revisited: preface to the second edition -- From the Brown decades to the fragmented metropolis 1869-1929 -- Survival through design: the triumph of the modern American house 1929-1945 -- Blueprint for modern living: the American house and the Pax Americana 1945-1965 -- Complexity and contradiction: the late-modern house 1965-2007.
Abstract:
Over the decades, American and international architects alike responded to this country's rising standard of live, rapidly expanding suburbs, and receptive often liberal clients-- factors that have encouraged the creative use of both orthodox building materials and mass-produced components.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008022084.html