American Architecture A Thematic History,9780190910600

American Architecture A Thematic History

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780190910600
ISBN10: 0190910607
Format: Loose-leaf
Pub. Date: 2019-02-04
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Leading historian Dell Upton's American Architecture: A Thematic History reveals the dazzling richness of America's human landscape. The text covers indigenous, folk, ethnic, and popular architectures like Chaco Canyon, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Native American houses while also exploring the great monuments of traditional histories like Jefferson's Monticello and Wright's Fallingwater. To make this text more useful for students, Upton outlines the modes of architectural knowledge--books, drawings, and models--that builders and scholars use to understand the built environment.

Author Biography


Dell Upton is Distinguished Professor of Architectural History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgements
Timeline

Introduction
Side Bar 1: Material Culture

Chapter 1: An American Icon
Side Bar 2: Plans
Case Study 1: The Annie Wetmore and William Watts Sherman House

Chapter 2: Community
Side Bar 3: Archaeology and Architectural History
Case Study 2: Plazas
Case Study 3: Christ Church Lutheran

Chapter 3: Nature
Case Study 4: The Sea Ranch
Case Study 5: Aqua

Chapter 4: Technology
Case Study 6: Harriet and Samuel Freeman House
Case Study 7: Illinois Institute of Technology

Chapter 5: Money
Case Study 8: Oak Ridge

Chapter 6: Art
Case Study 9: Wainwright Building

Notes
Bibliography
Credits
Index

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