American Architecture (World of Art)
by By Handlin, David P.
Category: Architecture , History , General

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 today's architects including Stern, Meier, Gehry and Mockbee; revised and expanded to include a lively account of recent developments - virtual architecture, the revival of historical styles, the thirst for striking originality and a new interest in the local; and profusely illustrated with 264 photographs, drawings and plans.