[PDF] American Architecture And Urbanism eBook

Author : Vincent Scully
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,80 MB
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1595341803

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A classic book authored by the foremost architectural historian in America, this fully illustrated history of American architecture and city planning is based on Vincent Scully's conviction that architecture and city planning are inseparably linked and must therefore be treated together. He defines architecture as a continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time. This definitive survey extends beyond the cities themselves to the American scene as a whole, which has inspired the reasonable balanced, closed and ordered forms, and above all the probity, that he feels typifies American architecture.

Author : Vincent Scully
Publisher :
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,41 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781595341518

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"A classic book authored by the foremost architectural historian in America, this fully illustrated history of American architecture and city planning is based on Vincent Scully's conviction that architecture and city planning are inseparably linked and must therefore be treated together. He defines architecture as a continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time. This definitive survey extends beyond the cities themselves to the American scene as a whole, which has inspired the reasonable balanced, closed and ordered forms, and above all the probity, that he feels typifies American architecture. "--

Author : Mario Gandelsonas
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,41 MB
Release : 1999
Category : City planning
ISBN : 1568981511

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Examines configurations of urban space, analyzing them in ways that blur the traditional opposition between figure and ground.

Author : Clare Cardinal-Pett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317431251

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A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas is the first comprehensive survey to narrate the urbanization of the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, making it a vital resource to help you understand the built environment in this part of the world. The book combines the latest scholarship about the indigenous past with an environmental history approach covering issues of climate, geology, and biology, so that you'll see the relationship between urban and rural in a new, more inclusive way. Author Clare Cardinal-Pett tells the story chronologically, from the earliest-known human migrations into the Americas to the 1930s to reveal information and insights that weave across time and place so that you can develop a complex and nuanced understanding of human-made landscape forms, patterns of urbanization, and associated building typologies. Each chapter addresses developments throughout the hemisphere and includes information from various disciplines, original artwork, and historical photographs of everyday life, which - along with numerous maps, diagrams, and traditional building photographs - will train your eye to see the built environment as you read about it.

Author : Keith Eggener
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 19,94 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780415306959

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This book presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times.

Author : James Early
Publisher :
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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The author surveys the Spanish architecture of Florida, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, and California prior to 1846 and offers an assessment of Hispanic architecture in the following years; describing the forms and styles of churches, forts, simple houses, and other structures; while shedding light on the social contexts within which they were built. In addition to numerous black and white photographs, 16 color plates show examples of the structures discussed.

Author : John A. Dutton
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 36,90 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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This book reviews the recent resurgence of town and urban design in America, with particular attention to the return to traditional forms of urbanism and building conventions.

Author : Dell Upton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780192842176

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From Native American sites in New Mexico and Arizona to the ancient earthworks of the Mississippi Valley to the most fashionable contemporary buildings of Chicago and New York, American architecture is incredibly varied. In this revolutionary interpretation, Upton examines American architecture in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. 109 illustrations. 40 linecuts. Map.

Author : Lewis Mumford
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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A classic of American cultural history, Sticks and Stones is a discussion of early New England towns, Colonial and Federal architectural periods, and various important 19th-century architects like Henry Hobson Richardson. You will enjoy learning about the architecture making up some of the most beautiful towns in the United States.