Scenes of the world to come
Subtitle: European architecture and the American challenge, 1893-1960
By: Jean-Louis Cohen ; preface by Hubert Damisch.
Contributors: Centre canadien d'architecture.; Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Flammarion; Canadian Centre for Architecture
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Paris; [Montréal]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Architecture -- Europe -- American influences -- Exhibitions; Architecture -- Europe -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; City planning -- Europe -- American influences -- Exhibitions; Futurism (Art) -- Europe -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: European architecture and the American challenge, 1893-1960
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-221) and index.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Centre canadien d'architecture, June 14-Sept. 24, 1995 and at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Barcelona, Feb.-Apr., 1996.
"This publication accompanies the first in a series of exhibitions organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) on the American Century, a series which will examine the character and ascendancy of North American architectural culture in its varied manifestations over the twentieth century"--P. [5].
Also published in French under title: Scènes de la vie future : l'architecture européenne et la tentation de l'Amèrique, 1893-1960.