Building America

by Janice Weaver

Book Overview

"From old favorites like Monticello, Falling Water, and the Chrysler Building, to lesser-known treasures like Bernard Maybeck's First Church of Christ, Scientist (in Berkeley, California), the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887766064
• ISBN13: 9780887766060
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

for adults also

They say it's for pre-teens. okay, but it's is also for adults. The book opens with a timeline, beginning in 1520, and showing a variety of buildings over nearly 5 American centuries, from the Jamestown buildings to Harvard, old Philadelphia structures, prairie homes, the Capitol Building, tin ceilinged commercial buildings, train terminals, airports, the Chrysler Builing, and international and postmodern edifices. The timeline ends 9/11/2001. Each page is illustrated with buildings and their significant attributes. Some standouts are: For the First Settlers section, there is the Adam Thoroughgood House of Norfolk VA, and the Stadt Huys city hall of NYC (1641-1703); For the Colonies section, Faneuil Hall (1762) and Redwood Library (1750); For the Revolution, Monticello is a standout; the Smithsonian and Haughwout's cast iron department store are examples of early 19th Century buildings; and the U.S., Oregon State, and Nebrasska State Capitol buildings show the edifices of power. The Moorish Plum Street Temple and the Georgian style Christ Church stand as examples of American houses of worship; and McKim's Pennsylvania Station and the Mission Style Union Station are an examples of the American worship of transportation. The buildings of the Columbian Exposition of 1893 get their own page, as do the representative works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Arts and Crafts, the Jazz Age; the International Style; and postmodernism. A great quick intro the American architecture

An intriguing historical guide for ages 9 and older

Building America reveals almost four hundred years of history and travels across the U.S., using architecture and its creators as a touchstone from exploring American history. The result is an intriguing historical guide for ages 9 and older, which considers key architectural accomplishments and their role in American history and culture.