USA: Modern Architectures in History

by Gwendolyn Wright

Book Overview

From the Reliance Building and Coney Island to the Kimbell Museum and Disney Hall, the United States has been at the forefront of modern architecture. American life has generated many of the quintessential images of modern life, both generic types and particular buildings. Gwendolyn Wright's USA is an engaging account of this evolution from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Upending conventional arguments about the origin of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861893442
• ISBN13: 9781861893444
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 8.6"