Architecture in the United States (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780192842176)

American architecture is astonishingly varied. From Native American sites in New Mexico and Arizona, and the ancient earthworks of the Mississippi Valley, to the most fashionable contemporary buildings of Chicago and New York, the United States boasts three thousand years of architectural history. It is characterized by the diversity of its builders and consumers who include Native American men and women, African, Asian, and European immigrants, as well as renowned professional architects and urban planners.
Leading historian Dell Upton's revolutionizing interpretation examines American architecture in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. In giving particular attention to indigenous, folk, ethnic, and popular architectures like Chaco Canyon, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Native American houses, as well as to the great monuments of traditional histories such as Jefferson's Monticello and Wright's Fallingwater, Architecture in the United States reveals the dazzling richness of America's human landscape.

Author: Dell Upton
ISBN-10: 019284217X
ISBN-13: 9780192842176
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/25/1998
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.63w x 0.77d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/01/1998 pg. 49
Booklist 06/15/1998 pg. 1699