William L. Price, Arts and Crafts to Modern Design
Contributors: R. Venturi (Introduction)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: June 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781568982205
Subjects: Individual architects; Price, William L.,; Artists, Architects, Photographers; United States; Individual Architects Of The 20th Century; Architecture; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Biography; Individual Architect; U.S. Architecture - General; Non-Classifiable; 19th century; 1861-1916; 20th century; Architects
First sentence: In 1930, with the drawings for his masterpiece skyscraper for the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society on his drafting board, George Howe described the struggle of the modern artist to be understood in the United States and offered his own explanation of the newly evolving architecture of the twentieth century which so confounded his peers and the broader public.