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110 p. ill. ;plans ; 31 cm. Historical and critical appraisal of the monthly feature, Building types study, published in Architectural record beginning in January 1937. Table of contents -- I. BUILDING TYPES STUDY 500: Forty years of American Architecture as explored in 499 Building Types Studies -- Magic, nostalgia and a hint of greatness in the workaday world of the Building Types Study -- A trace of the ceremony -- Antithetical types—the drive-in and the recycled building -- Evolution of patterns of living in the daily house and the vacation house -- The question of style -- II. THE BUILDING TYPES STUDY AS A NOT-TOO-CLOUDED CRYSTAL BALL – The Prewar Years: 1937/1941 -- "Back The Attack": 1942/1945 -- On To The Future: 1945 -- III. THE SEARCH FOR BETTER BUILDINGS AT LOWER COST—FOR PRODUCTIVE BUILDINGS OF LONG-LIVED QUALITY -- 1 + 1 = 3: A new equation for counting a new building's cost -- More for less: Designing low budget buildings with carefulness, thrift and economy of means -- Recycling: Another route to more productive buildings -- Adding-on can give new productive life to existing buildings -- Summing-up: A big old warehouse uncrates a rich mixture of activity and amenity -- IV. CONSERVATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE -- Preserving context at the neighborhood scale -- V. PRESERVATION AND CHANGE IN THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDING -- Wanted: Not-for profit entrepreneurs -- Found: The world as a candy box -- Sitting Ducks: Examples of endangered species which should and could be saved -- Includes index Architecture United States Architecture, modern- 20th century NA712 F678 1979 724.60973 pucpr 170314 20220405200151.0 eng