a series of thirty-seven essays dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present Mumford, Lewis 1895-1990 creator text nyu 1972 monographic eng

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xviii, 452 p. illus. 22 cm. This volume examines the influence of European modernism on American architecture from 1930 to 1960. Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledments Rockefeller Center And Corporate Urbanisim The american Acceptance of the International Style: George Howe and William lescaze"s Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Fund Society Building The Domestication Of Modern: Marcel Breuer's Ferry cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College The Laconic Splendor of the Metal Frame: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe' 860 Lake Shore apartments and His Seagram Building The Encompassing Environment of Free-Form Architecture:Frank lloyd Wright"s Guggenheim Museum What the Building"Want To Be" Louis I.Kahns''s Richard Medical Researh Building at the University Of Pennsylvania Notes Glossary of Terms Index "An unabridged republication of the second (1959) edition ... The biographical sketches have been updated especially for this edition, and the illustrations appear for the first time." Include index Architecture United States History 19th century Architecture United States History 20th century NA705 J67 1972 720/.973 0385057040 75171490 pucpr 140807 20200310163825.0 eng