American glamour and the evolution of modern architecture
By: Alice T. Friedman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780300116540
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1. The stylish style : Philip Johnson and the many faces of modern architecture; title: 2. Palm Springs eternal : Richard Neutra's Kaufmann desert house; title: 3. Modern architecture for the "American century" : Eero Saarinen and the art of corporate image-making; title: 4. "Just get me plenty of glamour" : Morris Lapidus's Miami Beach hotels; title: 5. Mount Sinai in the suburbs : Frank Lloyd Wright's Temple Beth Sholom in context; title: Conclusion : to Postmodernism and back again.