Lewis Mumford and American modernism
Subtitle: Eutopian theories for architecture and urban planning
By: Robert Wojtowicz.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Mumford, Lewis, 1895- -- Criticism and interpretation; Architecture -- United States -- 19th century; Architecture -- United States -- 20th century
Description: Lewis Mumford and American Modernism examines the career and writings of America's leading critic of architecture and criticism. The author of numerous books and articles and regular columnist for the New Yorker, Mumford focused on the roles that architecture, technology, and urbanism play in modern civilization. Although a key figure in the introduction of European ideas to the United States, he sought an American basis for modern architecture.

Mumford was one of the first to write appreciatively of the achievements of the Chicago School, and he was a fervent supporter of Frank Lloyd Wright, whose buildings embodied the organic qualities that Mumford admired. Indeed, Mumford's writings have proved to be prescient, posing many challenging questions for architects and planners in a period of transition at the end of the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-208) and index.