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America has always presented a unique challenge to architects: should they emulate the Old World or respond to the demands of the new? David Handlin, a practicing architect, tells this complex story with lucidity and insight.
"This book is chronological in approach, from seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the twenty-first century; wide-ranging and comprehensive coverage, from the innovations of Jefferson and Bullfinch's civic buildings, to Wright, Sullivan and McKim, Mead & White, to work by …
An updated study of American architecture traces the history of U.S. architecture from the colonial period to the present day; looks at public buildings, offices, and homes; and discusses influential movements and architects.