Looking Beyond the Icons: Midcentury Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism

by Richard Longstreth and Richard W. Longstreth

Book Overview

Renowned for his extensive work in architectural history and historic preservation as an educator, scholar, activist, and public lecturer, Richard Longstreth is one of the most important architectural preservationists of the recent past. Looking beyond the Icons offers a generous and diverse selection of his writings over the past twenty-five years. The author explores a variety of topics related to midcentury (ca. 1945-70) preservation efforts, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813936446
• ISBN13: 9780813936444
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher