American glamour and the evolution of modern architecture
By: Alice T. Friedman.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300116540
Subjects: Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Architecture -- Aesthetics; Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century; Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Social status in art -- United States
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. Eero Saarinen : modern architecture for the American century; 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.